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The Moon on Friday, February 5, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on February 5, 1954Waxing Crescent

Friday 5 February 1954364,961 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 5, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.7% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
364,961 km226,776 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1954 is on Wednesday, February 17, 1954 at 19:18 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 3, 1954 at 15:55 UTC, 2 days earlier.

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Friday, February 5, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 1954 to the new moon of March 5, 1954, a cycle of 29.47 days.