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The Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 2011: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

29.1days

Moon phase on February 2, 2011Waning Crescent

Wednesday 2 February 2011398,603 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 2, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
398,603 km247,681 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 2011 is on Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 21:22 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 02:31 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Wednesday, February 2, 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.