Waxing · 96.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°
Moon age
13.0days
Moon phase on February 5, 1974Waxing Gibbous
On Tuesday, February 5, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
358,610 km222,830 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to February 5, 1974 is on Wednesday, February 6, 1974 at 23:24 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 23, 1974 at 11:02 UTC, 13 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Thursday, January 31, 1974 | 07:39 |
| Full Moon (after) | Wednesday, February 6, 1974 | 23:24 |
The Moon around February 5
More about this date
Tuesday, February 5, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 23, 1974 to the new moon of February 22, 1974, a cycle of 29.77 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in February 1974, or the whole moon calendar 1974.
- The same date one year apart: 1973 · 1975.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.