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The Moon on Sunday, February 6, 2005: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on February 6, 2005Waning Crescent

Sunday 6 February 2005360,369 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 6, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.0% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
360,369 km223,923 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 2005 is on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 at 10:33 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at 22:28 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 2, 200507:27
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 8, 200522:28

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Sunday, February 6, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 10, 2005 to the new moon of February 8, 2005, a cycle of 29.43 days.