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The Moon on Thursday, February 5, 1903: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

First Quarter at

10:13UTC

Moon phase on February 5, 1903First Quarter

Thursday 5 February 1903376,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 5, 1903, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.9% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
376,002 km233,637 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1903 is on Thursday, February 12, 1903 at 00:58 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 28, 1903 at 16:39 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 28, 190316:39
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, February 5, 190310:13
Full Moon (after)Thursday, February 12, 190300:58

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Thursday, February 5, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 1903 to the new moon of February 27, 1903, a cycle of 29.74 days.