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The Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 1991: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on February 5, 1991Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 February 1991396,669 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 5, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.5% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
396,669 km246,478 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1991 is on Wednesday, January 30, 1991 at 06:10 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 14, 1991 at 17:32 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 30, 199106:10
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 6, 199113:52

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Tuesday, February 5, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 1991 to the new moon of February 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.74 days.