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The Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 1986: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on February 5, 1986Waning Crescent

Wednesday 5 February 1986369,080 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 5, 1986, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.7% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
369,080 km229,336 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1986 is on Sunday, January 26, 1986 at 00:31 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 9, 1986 at 00:55 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 2, 198604:41
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 9, 198600:55

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Wednesday, February 5, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 10, 1986 to the new moon of February 9, 1986, a cycle of 29.52 days.