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The Moon on Monday, February 6, 1928: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

14.7days

Moon phase on February 6, 1928Waning Gibbous

Monday 6 February 1928386,854 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 6, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
386,854 km240,380 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1928 is on Sunday, February 5, 1928 at 20:11 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 22, 1928 at 20:19 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 5, 192820:11
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 13, 192819:05

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Monday, February 6, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1928 to the new moon of February 21, 1928, a cycle of 29.56 days.