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The Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 2002: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on February 5, 2002Waning Crescent

Tuesday 5 February 2002381,184 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 5, 2002, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.0% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
381,184 km236,856 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 2002 is on Monday, January 28, 2002 at 22:51 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 12, 2002 at 07:41 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 4, 200213:33
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 12, 200207:41

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Tuesday, February 5, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 13, 2002 to the new moon of February 12, 2002, a cycle of 29.76 days.