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The Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 1936: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on February 5, 1936Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 February 1936392,401 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 5, 1936, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
392,401 km243,827 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1936 is on Friday, February 7, 1936 at 11:19 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 1936 at 07:18 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 30, 193623:36
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 7, 193611:19

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Wednesday, February 5, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 1936 to the new moon of February 22, 1936, a cycle of 29.48 days.