Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, February 6, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on February 6, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 6 February 1982365,576 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 6, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.5% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
365,576 km227,159 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1982 is on Monday, February 8, 1982 at 07:57 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 25, 1982 at 04:56 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 1, 198214:28
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 8, 198207:57

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Saturday, February 6, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 25, 1982 to the new moon of February 23, 1982, a cycle of 29.68 days.