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The Moon on Friday, February 6, 1959: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on February 6, 1959Waning Crescent

Friday 6 February 1959379,921 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 6, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
379,921 km236,072 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1959 is on Saturday, January 24, 1959 at 19:33 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 7, 1959 at 19:22 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 31, 195919:07
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 7, 195919:22

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Friday, February 6, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 9, 1959 to the new moon of February 7, 1959, a cycle of 29.58 days.