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The Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 1988: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Full Moon at

20:52UTC

Moon phase on February 2, 1988Full Moon

Tuesday 2 February 1988406,107 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 2, 1988, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
406,107 km252,343 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Snow Moon, 406,282 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1988 is on Tuesday, February 2, 1988 at 20:52 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 19, 1988 at 05:26 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 25, 198821:54
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, February 2, 198820:52
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 10, 198823:01

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Tuesday, February 2, 1988 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 19, 1988 to the new moon of February 17, 1988, a cycle of 29.44 days.