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The Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on February 6, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 6 February 2001358,839 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 6, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.1% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
358,839 km222,972 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 2001 is on Thursday, February 8, 2001 at 07:12 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 24, 2001 at 13:07 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, February 1, 200114:02
Full Moon (after)Thursday, February 8, 200107:12

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Tuesday, February 6, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 2001 to the new moon of February 23, 2001, a cycle of 29.80 days.