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The Moon on Friday, February 2, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on February 2, 1968Waxing Crescent

Friday 2 February 1968395,144 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 2, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.3% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
395,144 km245,531 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1968 is on Wednesday, February 14, 1968 at 06:43 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 29, 1968 at 16:29 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 29, 196816:29
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 6, 196812:21

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Friday, February 2, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1968 to the new moon of February 28, 1968, a cycle of 29.60 days.