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The Moon on Monday, February 5, 1951: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on February 5, 1951Waning Crescent

Monday 5 February 1951367,129 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 5, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
367,129 km228,123 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1951 is on Tuesday, January 23, 1951 at 04:47 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 6, 1951 at 07:54 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 30, 195115:14
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 6, 195107:54

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Monday, February 5, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 1951 to the new moon of February 6, 1951, a cycle of 29.49 days.