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The Moon on Thursday, February 6, 1902: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on February 6, 1902Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 February 1902394,013 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 6, 1902, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.7% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
394,013 km244,828 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1902 is on Friday, January 24, 1902 at 00:06 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 8, 1902 at 13:22 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 31, 190213:09
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 8, 190213:22

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Thursday, February 6, 1902 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 9, 1902 to the new moon of February 8, 1902, a cycle of 29.67 days.