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The Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 1975: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on February 5, 1975Waning Crescent

Wednesday 5 February 1975392,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 5, 1975, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.8% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
392,219 km243,714 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1975 is on Monday, January 27, 1975 at 15:10 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 11, 1975 at 05:17 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 3, 197506:23
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 11, 197505:17

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Wednesday, February 5, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 12, 1975 to the new moon of February 11, 1975, a cycle of 29.79 days.