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The Moon on Friday, February 5, 2016: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on February 5, 2016Waning Crescent

Friday 5 February 2016383,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 5, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
383,477 km238,281 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 2016 is on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 01:46 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 14:39 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 1, 201603:28
New Moon (after)Monday, February 8, 201614:39

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Friday, February 5, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 10, 2016 to the new moon of February 8, 2016, a cycle of 29.55 days.