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The Moon on Sunday, February 5, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on February 5, 1961Waning Gibbous

Sunday 5 February 1961395,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 5, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
395,263 km245,605 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1961 is on Tuesday, January 31, 1961 at 18:47 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 15, 1961 at 08:10 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, January 31, 196118:47
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 8, 196116:49

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Sunday, February 5, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 16, 1961 to the new moon of February 15, 1961, a cycle of 29.44 days.