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The Moon on Friday, February 5, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

30.0days

Moon phase on February 5, 1943Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 February 1943360,524 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 5, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
360,524 km224,019 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1943 is on Saturday, February 20, 1943 at 05:45 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 4, 1943 at 23:29 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 4, 194323:29
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 12, 194300:40

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Friday, February 5, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 1943 to the new moon of March 6, 1943, a cycle of 29.46 days.