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The Moon on Thursday, February 5, 1970: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on February 5, 1970Waning Crescent

Thursday 5 February 1970357,183 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 5, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
357,183 km221,943 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1970 is on Thursday, January 22, 1970 at 12:56 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 6, 1970 at 07:13 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 30, 197014:39
New Moon (after)Friday, February 6, 197007:13

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Thursday, February 5, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 7, 1970 to the new moon of February 6, 1970, a cycle of 29.44 days.