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The Moon on Sunday, February 6, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on February 6, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 6 February 1955374,770 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 6, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
374,770 km232,871 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1955 is on Monday, February 7, 1955 at 01:43 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 24, 1955 at 01:07 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 31, 195505:06
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 7, 195501:43

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Sunday, February 6, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 1955 to the new moon of February 22, 1955, a cycle of 29.62 days.