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The Moon on Wednesday, February 6, 1991: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 50.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Last Quarter at

13:52UTC

Moon phase on February 6, 1991Last Quarter

Wednesday 6 February 1991400,570 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 6, 1991, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.9% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
400,570 km248,903 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1991 is on Wednesday, January 30, 1991 at 06:10 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 14, 1991 at 17:32 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 30, 199106:10
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, February 6, 199113:52
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 14, 199117:32

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Wednesday, February 6, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 1991 to the new moon of February 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.74 days.