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The Moon on Sunday, February 6, 1966: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on February 6, 1966Waning Gibbous

Sunday 6 February 1966356,896 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 6, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
356,896 km221,765 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
33.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1966 is on Saturday, February 5, 1966 at 15:58 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 20, 1966 at 10:49 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 5, 196615:58
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 12, 196608:53

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Sunday, February 6, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 1966 to the new moon of February 20, 1966, a cycle of 29.79 days.