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The Moon on Thursday, February 5, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on February 5, 2015Waning Gibbous

Thursday 5 February 2015405,924 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 5, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
405,924 km252,229 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 2015 is on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 23:09 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 23:47 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 3, 201523:09
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, February 12, 201503:50

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Thursday, February 5, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 2015 to the new moon of February 18, 2015, a cycle of 29.44 days.