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The Moon on Saturday, February 2, 1991: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on February 2, 1991Waning Gibbous

Saturday 2 February 1991380,333 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 2, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
380,333 km236,328 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1991 is on Wednesday, January 30, 1991 at 06:10 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 14, 1991 at 17:32 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 30, 199106:10
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 6, 199113:52

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Saturday, February 2, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 1991 to the new moon of February 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.74 days.