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The Moon on Thursday, February 5, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on February 5, 1976Waxing Crescent

Thursday 5 February 1976405,090 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 5, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.9% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
405,090 km251,711 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1976 is on Sunday, February 15, 1976 at 16:43 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 31, 1976 at 06:20 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 31, 197606:20
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 8, 197610:05

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Thursday, February 5, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1976 to the new moon of February 29, 1976, a cycle of 29.71 days.