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The Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 1971: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

First Quarter at

14:31UTC

Moon phase on February 2, 1971First Quarter

Tuesday 2 February 1971376,212 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 2, 1971, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.0% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
376,212 km233,767 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1971 is on Wednesday, February 10, 1971 at 07:42 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 26, 1971 at 22:55 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, January 26, 197122:55
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, February 2, 197114:31
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 10, 197107:42

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Tuesday, February 2, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 1971 to the new moon of February 25, 1971, a cycle of 29.45 days.