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The Moon on Saturday, February 3, 1996: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on February 3, 1996Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 3 February 1996404,841 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 3, 1996, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
404,841 km251,556 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 1996 is on Sunday, February 4, 1996 at 15:58 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 20, 1996 at 12:50 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 27, 199611:14
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 4, 199615:58

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Saturday, February 3, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 1996 to the new moon of February 18, 1996, a cycle of 29.44 days.