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The Moon on Friday, February 5, 1999: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 77.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on February 5, 1999Waning Gibbous

Friday 5 February 1999399,226 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 5, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.2% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
399,226 km248,067 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 1999 is on Sunday, January 31, 1999 at 16:07 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 16, 1999 at 06:39 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 31, 199916:07
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 8, 199911:58

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Friday, February 5, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 17, 1999 to the new moon of February 16, 1999, a cycle of 29.62 days.