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The Moon on Sunday, February 2, 2020: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

First Quarter at

01:42UTC

Moon phase on February 2, 2020First Quarter

Sunday 2 February 2020397,549 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 2, 2020, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.3% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
397,549 km247,025 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 2020 is on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 07:33 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 21:42 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 24, 202021:42
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, February 2, 202001:42
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 9, 202007:33

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Sunday, February 2, 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.