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The Moon on Thursday, February 3, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on February 3, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 February 1955368,804 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 3, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.4% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
368,804 km229,164 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1955 is on Monday, February 7, 1955 at 01:43 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 24, 1955 at 01:07 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 31, 195505:06
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 7, 195501:43

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Thursday, February 3, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 1955 to the new moon of February 22, 1955, a cycle of 29.62 days.