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The Moon on Thursday, February 3, 1977: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on February 3, 1977Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 February 1977386,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 3, 1977, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
386,206 km239,977 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1977 is on Friday, February 4, 1977 at 03:56 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 18, 1977 at 03:37 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Thursday, February 3, 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.