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The Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on February 2, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 2 February 1977390,352 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 2, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
390,352 km242,554 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1977 is on Friday, February 4, 1977 at 03:56 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 19, 1977 at 14:11 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 27, 197705:12
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 4, 197703:56

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Wednesday, February 2, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 19, 1977 to the new moon of February 18, 1977, a cycle of 29.56 days.