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The Moon on Sunday, February 5, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on February 5, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 5 February 2012386,211 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 5, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.2% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
386,211 km239,980 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 2012 is on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 21:54 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 23, 2012 at 07:39 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 31, 201204:10
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 7, 201221:54

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Sunday, February 5, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 23, 2012 to the new moon of February 21, 2012, a cycle of 29.62 days.