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The Moon on Tuesday, February 2, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 74.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on February 2, 2021Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 2 February 2021370,551 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 2, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.5% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
370,551 km230,250 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 2021 is on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 19:16 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 19:06 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, January 28, 202119:16
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, February 4, 202117:37

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Tuesday, February 2, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 13, 2021 to the new moon of February 11, 2021, a cycle of 29.59 days.