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The Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 1947: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Full Moon at

15:50UTC

Moon phase on February 5, 1947Full Moon

Wednesday 5 February 1947363,028 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 5, 1947, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
363,028 km225,575 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Snow Moon, 363,451 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1947 is on Wednesday, February 5, 1947 at 15:50 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 22, 1947 at 08:34 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, January 30, 194700:07
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, February 5, 194715:50
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 12, 194721:58

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Wednesday, February 5, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1947 to the new moon of February 21, 1947, a cycle of 29.73 days.