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The Moon on Thursday, February 1, 1906: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

First Quarter at

12:31UTC

Moon phase on February 1, 1906First Quarter

Thursday 1 February 1906404,393 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 1, 1906, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.9% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
404,393 km251,278 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 1, 1906 is on Friday, February 9, 1906 at 07:46 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 24, 1906 at 17:09 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, January 24, 190617:09
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, February 1, 190612:31
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 9, 190607:46

The Moon around February 1

More about this date

Thursday, February 1, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 1906 to the new moon of February 23, 1906, a cycle of 29.62 days.