On February 4, 2010, the moon was in the waning gibbous phase.
At the beginning of 2/4 ... 00:00 GMT, it was 70.9% illuminated.
24 hours later, at the end of 2/4 ... 24:00 GMT, it was 60.6% illuminated.
It was a new moon. Check out http://www.briancasey.org/artifacts/astro/moon.cgi to find out the moon phase on any given night.
it was waning crescent....but wht struck tht question??
surprisingly, i was looking for the same answer
First Quarter.
The moon has eight phases.
The right half of the moon is illuminated.
The "waning gibbous" phase lasts from 2 days after the full to 6 days after the full.
Phase of the Moon on 19 December: waxing crescent with 10% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. New Moon on 16 December 2009 at 4:03 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
The full lunar cycle is roughly 4 weeks, and from full-moon to new-moon is half the cycle, so it would take (roughly) 2 weeks to go from full to new moon.
On December 3, 2010, the moon is a waning crescent (4%). The new moon will occur on December 5.
Waning gibbous, 4 days past the full.
3/4 of the moon
If tonight the phase of the moon is full when it rises what will be the phase 4 days from now is in the waning gibbous stage.
The moon has eight phases.
Phase of the Moon on 18 December: waxing crescent with 5% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. Phase of the Moon on 19 December: waxing crescent with 10% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated. New Moon on 16 December 2009 at 4:03 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
February 4 2010 was a Thursday.
It's not the same every February. There's no connection between the calendar and themoon's phases.Also, you need to be more specific than simply naming a whole month. The moon goes throughall of its phases in about 29.5 days, so a whole month includes every phase there is.(February is an exception, but only by about 1 day.)In February, 2010, the named phases occur as follows:February 6 . . . Last QuarterFebruary 14 . . New MoonFebruary 22 . . First QuarterFebruary 28 . . Full MoonOn February 4, 2010, the moon was in the waning gibbous phase.At the beginning of 2/4 ... 00:00 GMT, it was 70.9% illuminated.24 hours later, at the end of 2/4 ... 24:00 GMT, it was 60.6% illuminated.
a 2nd quarter moon is a phase of the moon and the moon goes through 4 phases.
The right half of the moon is illuminated.
It was a waxing gibbous, but right after a First-quarter moon.
There are 4 Friday's in February 2010.Friday, February 5thFriday, February 12thFriday, February 19thFriday, February 26th