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The Moon on Saturday, February 2, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on February 2, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 2 February 1985383,589 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 2, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
383,589 km238,351 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1985 is on Tuesday, February 5, 1985 at 15:19 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 21, 1985 at 02:28 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 29, 198503:29
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 5, 198515:19

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Saturday, February 2, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 1985 to the new moon of February 19, 1985, a cycle of 29.68 days.