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The Moon on Saturday, February 5, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on February 5, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 5 February 1944399,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 5, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
399,179 km248,039 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1944 is on Wednesday, February 9, 1944 at 05:30 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 25, 1944 at 15:24 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 1, 194407:08
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 9, 194405:30

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Saturday, February 5, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 25, 1944 to the new moon of February 24, 1944, a cycle of 29.44 days.