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The Moon on Wednesday, February 8, 1995: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on February 8, 1995Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 8 February 1995404,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 8, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.1% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
404,367 km251,262 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 1995 is on Wednesday, February 15, 1995 at 12:15 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 30, 1995 at 22:48 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 7, 199512:54
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 15, 199512:15

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Wednesday, February 8, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 1995 to the new moon of March 1, 1995, a cycle of 29.54 days.