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The Moon on Friday, February 5, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on February 5, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Friday 5 February 1982365,054 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 5, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.4% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
365,054 km226,834 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1982 is on Monday, February 8, 1982 at 07:57 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 25, 1982 at 04:56 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 1, 198214:28
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 8, 198207:57

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Friday, February 5, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 25, 1982 to the new moon of February 23, 1982, a cycle of 29.68 days.