Skip to content
The Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 1999: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on February 2, 1999Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 2 February 1999386,445 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 2, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
386,445 km240,126 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1999 is on Sunday, January 31, 1999 at 16:07 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 16, 1999 at 06:39 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 31, 199916:07
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 8, 199911:58

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Tuesday, February 2, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 17, 1999 to the new moon of February 16, 1999, a cycle of 29.62 days.