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The Moon on Wednesday, February 6, 1901: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on February 6, 1901Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 6 February 1901400,706 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 6, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.0% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
400,706 km248,987 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1901 is on Sunday, February 3, 1901 at 15:30 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 19, 1901 at 02:45 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 3, 190115:30
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 11, 190118:12

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Wednesday, February 6, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 1901 to the new moon of February 19, 1901, a cycle of 29.51 days.