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The Moon on Saturday, February 5, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on February 5, 2011Waxing Crescent

Saturday 5 February 2011404,953 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 5, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
404,953 km251,626 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 2011 is on Friday, February 18, 2011 at 08:36 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 02:31 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 3, 201102:31
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 11, 201107:19

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Saturday, February 5, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 3, 2011 to the new moon of March 4, 2011, a cycle of 29.76 days.