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The Moon on Monday, February 3, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on February 3, 1969Waning Gibbous

Monday 3 February 1969395,041 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 3, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
395,041 km245,467 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1969 is on Sunday, February 2, 1969 at 12:56 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 16, 1969 at 16:25 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 2, 196912:56
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 10, 196900:08

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Monday, February 3, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 18, 1969 to the new moon of February 16, 1969, a cycle of 29.48 days.