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The Moon on Wednesday, February 1, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on February 1, 2040Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 1 February 2040392,757 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 1, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
392,757 km244,048 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 2040 is on Sunday, January 29, 2040 at 07:55 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 12, 2040 at 14:24 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 29, 204007:55
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 5, 204022:32

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Wednesday, February 1, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 2040 to the new moon of February 12, 2040, a cycle of 29.46 days.