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The Moon on Monday, February 6, 1978: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on February 6, 1978Waning Crescent

Monday 6 February 1978361,639 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 6, 1978, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
361,639 km224,712 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1978 is on Tuesday, January 24, 1978 at 07:56 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 7, 1978 at 14:54 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 31, 197823:51
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 7, 197814:54

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Monday, February 6, 1978 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 9, 1978 to the new moon of February 7, 1978, a cycle of 29.45 days.