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The Moon on Sunday, February 3, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on February 3, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 February 1985378,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 3, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
378,132 km234,960 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1985 is on Tuesday, February 5, 1985 at 15:19 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 21, 1985 at 02:28 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Sunday, February 3, 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.