Skip to content
The Moon on Friday, February 5, 1937: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on February 5, 1937Waning Crescent

Friday 5 February 1937401,671 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 5, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.7% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
401,671 km249,587 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1937 is on Tuesday, January 26, 1937 at 17:15 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 11, 1937 at 07:34 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 3, 193712:04
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 11, 193707:34

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Friday, February 5, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 12, 1937 to the new moon of February 11, 1937, a cycle of 29.62 days.