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The Moon on Monday, February 5, 1962: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

New Moon at

00:10UTC

Moon phase on February 5, 1962New Moon

Monday 5 February 1962358,492 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 5, 1962, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
358,492 km222,757 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1962 is on Monday, February 19, 1962 at 13:18 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 5, 1962 at 00:10 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 28, 196223:37
New Moon (this day)Monday, February 5, 196200:10
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 11, 196215:43

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Monday, February 5, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 5, 1962 to the new moon of March 6, 1962, a cycle of 29.43 days.