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The Moon on Friday, February 1, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on February 1, 2013Waning Gibbous

Friday 1 February 2013378,977 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 1, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.3% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
378,977 km235,485 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 2013 is on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 04:39 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 07:20 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 27, 201304:39
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 3, 201313:56

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Friday, February 1, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 2013 to the new moon of February 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.48 days.