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The Moon on Saturday, February 5, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on February 5, 2022Waxing Crescent

Saturday 5 February 2022386,552 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 5, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.4% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
386,552 km240,192 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 2022 is on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 16:57 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 05:46 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 1, 202205:46
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 8, 202213:50

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Saturday, February 5, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 2022 to the new moon of March 2, 2022, a cycle of 29.49 days.