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The Moon on Thursday, February 3, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on February 3, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 February 1966362,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 3, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.0% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
362,232 km225,081 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1966 is on Saturday, February 5, 1966 at 15:58 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 21, 1966 at 15:46 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 29, 196619:48
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 5, 196615:58

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Thursday, February 3, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 1966 to the new moon of February 20, 1966, a cycle of 29.79 days.