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The Moon on Tuesday, February 5, 2013: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on February 5, 2013Waning Crescent

Tuesday 5 February 2013367,467 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 5, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.9% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
367,467 km228,334 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 2013 is on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 04:39 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 07:20 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 3, 201313:56
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 10, 201307:20

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Tuesday, February 5, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 2013 to the new moon of February 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.48 days.