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The Moon on Friday, February 5, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on February 5, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Friday 5 February 1993363,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 5, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
363,039 km225,582 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1993 is on Saturday, February 6, 1993 at 23:55 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 22, 1993 at 18:27 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 30, 199323:20
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 6, 199323:55

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Friday, February 5, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1993 to the new moon of February 21, 1993, a cycle of 29.78 days.