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The Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 1906: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on February 6, 1906Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 6 February 1906390,585 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 6, 1906, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.2% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
390,585 km242,698 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1906 is on Friday, February 9, 1906 at 07:46 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 24, 1906 at 17:09 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, February 1, 190612:31
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 9, 190607:46

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Tuesday, February 6, 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.