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The Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 1919: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 25.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on February 5, 1919Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 5 February 1919368,570 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 5, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.1% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
368,570 km229,019 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1919 is on Friday, February 14, 1919 at 23:38 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 31, 1919 at 23:07 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 31, 191923:07
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 7, 191918:52

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Wednesday, February 5, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1919 to the new moon of March 2, 1919, a cycle of 29.50 days.