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The Moon on Saturday, February 6, 1965: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on February 6, 1965Waxing Crescent

Saturday 6 February 1965388,800 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 6, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.4% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
388,800 km241,589 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1965 is on Tuesday, February 16, 1965 at 00:27 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 1, 1965 at 16:36 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 1, 196516:36
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 9, 196508:53

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Saturday, February 6, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 1965 to the new moon of March 3, 1965, a cycle of 29.72 days.