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The Moon on Monday, February 2, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on February 2, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Monday 2 February 2015401,580 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 2, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
401,580 km249,530 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 2015 is on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 23:09 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 13:14 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 27, 201504:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 3, 201523:09

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Monday, February 2, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 2015 to the new moon of February 18, 2015, a cycle of 29.44 days.