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The Moon on Saturday, February 1, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on February 1, 2020Waxing Crescent

Saturday 1 February 2020401,304 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 1, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 44.6% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

44.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
401,304 km249,359 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 2020 is on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 07:33 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 21:42 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 24, 202021:42
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 2, 202001:42

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Saturday, February 1, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 2020 to the new moon of February 23, 2020, a cycle of 29.74 days.