Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, February 5, 2023: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Full Moon at

18:29UTC

Moon phase on February 5, 2023Full Moon

Sunday 5 February 2023406,042 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 5, 2023, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
406,042 km252,303 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Snow Moon, 405,820 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 2023 is on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 18:29 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 20:53 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 28, 202315:19
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, February 5, 202318:29
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 13, 202316:01

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Sunday, February 5, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 2023 to the new moon of February 20, 2023, a cycle of 29.43 days.