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The Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 1900: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

First Quarter at

16:23UTC

Moon phase on February 6, 1900First Quarter

Tuesday 6 February 1900378,631 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 6, 1900, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.1% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
378,631 km235,270 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1900 is on Wednesday, February 14, 1900 at 13:50 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 31, 1900 at 01:23 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 31, 190001:23
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, February 6, 190016:23
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 14, 190013:50

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Tuesday, February 6, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1900 to the new moon of March 1, 1900, a cycle of 29.42 days.