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The Moon on Saturday, February 6, 1999: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 68.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

19.8days

Moon phase on February 6, 1999Waning Gibbous

Saturday 6 February 1999402,116 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 6, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.6% of its visible face lit, 19.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.8 dMoon age
402,116 km249,863 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1999 is on Sunday, January 31, 1999 at 16:07 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 16, 1999 at 06:39 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, January 31, 199916:07
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 8, 199911:58

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Saturday, February 6, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 17, 1999 to the new moon of February 16, 1999, a cycle of 29.62 days.