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The Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 1918: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on February 5, 1918Waning Crescent

Tuesday 5 February 1918390,240 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 5, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
390,240 km242,484 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1918 is on Sunday, January 27, 1918 at 03:14 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 11, 1918 at 10:04 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 4, 191807:52
New Moon (after)Monday, February 11, 191810:04

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Tuesday, February 5, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 12, 1918 to the new moon of February 11, 1918, a cycle of 29.48 days.