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The Moon on Friday, February 3, 2023: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on February 3, 2023Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 February 2023406,194 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 3, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.3% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
406,194 km252,397 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 3, 2023 is on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 18:29 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 20:53 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 28, 202315:19
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 5, 202318:29

The Moon around February 3

More about this date

Friday, February 3, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 2023 to the new moon of February 20, 2023, a cycle of 29.43 days.