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The Moon on Sunday, February 5, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on February 5, 1984Waxing Crescent

Sunday 5 February 1984405,901 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 5, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
405,901 km252,215 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1984 is on Friday, February 17, 1984 at 00:41 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 1, 1984 at 23:47 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, February 1, 198423:47
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 10, 198404:00

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Sunday, February 5, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 1984 to the new moon of March 2, 1984, a cycle of 29.78 days.