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The Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on February 2, 2010Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 2 February 2010365,562 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 2, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.0% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
365,562 km227,149 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 2010 is on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 06:18 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 02:52 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 30, 201006:18
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 5, 201023:49

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 2010 to the new moon of February 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.82 days.