the phase of the moon on this date was a waxing gibbous
there are 8 phases called in order,new moon,
waxing crescent moon,
first quarter moon,
waxing gibbous moon,
full moon,
waning gibbous moon,
third quarter moon,
waning crescent moon,
back to the new moon
Waxing Gibbous
The phase is almost full, but not quite. The period of phases is about 29 days, so it takes 14.5 days for the Moon's phase to change from 'New' to 'Full'. If New Moon took place at some time on March 2, then Full Moon would occur on March 16, at about 12 hours later in that day.
Full Moon -> Waxing gibbous phase -> First quarter phase -> Waxing crescent phase -> New moon -> Waning crescent phase -> Last quarter phase -> Wanning gibbous phase -> Full Moon
New Moon Phase
In the new Moon phase.
As of February 5th, 2010, the moon will enter the Last Quarter, and will enter the New Moon phase as of February 14th. So on February 13th, the moon will still be in the Last Quarter phase.
new moon
On January 14th, 2010 there it was a New Moon.
All of them. The Moon will be new on Groundhog Day, February 2, 2011 at 6:31 PM PST, and will go through all of the phases during the month.
On Saturday 8th February, 2014, the phase of he moon was waxing gibbous.
Phase of the Moon on 6 February: waxing gibbous with 89% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.
waxing gibbous
Second day of the New Moon.
i would think it is cloudy.
xing gibbous
Last Quater
January 8 = new moon phase, days from exact new moon = 5, February 8 = new moon, days from exact new moon = 6. All of the phases of the moon are new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, last quarter, waning crescent