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The Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 1951: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

New Moon at

07:54UTC

Moon phase on February 6, 1951New Moon

Tuesday 6 February 1951370,207 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 6, 1951, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
370,207 km230,036 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1951 is on Tuesday, January 23, 1951 at 04:47 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 6, 1951 at 07:54 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 30, 195115:14
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, February 6, 195107:54
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 13, 195120:55

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Tuesday, February 6, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1951 to the new moon of March 7, 1951, a cycle of 29.54 days.