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The Moon on Tuesday, February 1, 2011: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on February 1, 2011Waning Crescent

Tuesday 1 February 2011395,675 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 1, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
395,675 km245,861 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 2011 is on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 21:22 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 02:31 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 26, 201112:57
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 3, 201102:31

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 4, 2011 to the new moon of February 3, 2011, a cycle of 29.73 days.