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The Moon on Wednesday, February 5, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 36.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on February 5, 2014Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 5 February 2014384,198 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 5, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.8% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
384,198 km238,730 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 2014 is on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 23:53 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 21:39 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 30, 201421:39
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 6, 201419:22

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Wednesday, February 5, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 2014 to the new moon of March 1, 2014, a cycle of 29.43 days.