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The Moon on Sunday, February 5, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

8.5days

Moon phase on February 5, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 5 February 2017369,211 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 5, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.0% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
369,211 km229,417 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 2017 is on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 00:33 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 00:07 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, February 4, 201704:19
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 11, 201700:33

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Sunday, February 5, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 2017 to the new moon of February 26, 2017, a cycle of 29.62 days.