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The Moon on Thursday, February 2, 1956: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on February 2, 1956Waning Gibbous

Thursday 2 February 1956390,224 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 2, 1956, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.7% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
390,224 km242,474 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1956 is on Friday, January 27, 1956 at 14:40 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 11, 1956 at 21:38 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, January 27, 195614:40
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 3, 195616:08

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Thursday, February 2, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 13, 1956 to the new moon of February 11, 1956, a cycle of 29.78 days.