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The Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 59.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on February 5, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 February 1941400,697 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 5, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.7% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
400,697 km248,981 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1941 is on Wednesday, February 12, 1941 at 00:26 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 27, 1941 at 11:03 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 4, 194111:42
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 12, 194100:26

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Wednesday, February 5, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 27, 1941 to the new moon of February 26, 1941, a cycle of 29.67 days.