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The Moon on Saturday, February 5, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on February 5, 1949Waxing Crescent

Saturday 5 February 1949399,405 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 5, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.0% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
399,405 km248,179 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (7°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1949 is on Sunday, February 13, 1949 at 09:08 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 29, 1949 at 02:42 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 29, 194902:42
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 6, 194908:05

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Saturday, February 5, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1949 to the new moon of February 27, 1949, a cycle of 29.76 days.