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The Moon on Friday, February 5, 2072: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on February 5, 2072Waning Gibbous

Friday 5 February 2072358,066 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 5, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
358,066 km222,492 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 2072 is on Thursday, February 4, 2072 at 04:55 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 19, 2072 at 02:04 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, February 4, 207204:55
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 10, 207223:27

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Friday, February 5, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 2072 to the new moon of February 19, 2072, a cycle of 29.81 days.