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The Moon on Thursday, February 2, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on February 2, 2006Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 February 2006366,348 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 2, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.0% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
366,348 km227,638 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 14:15 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 29, 200614:15
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 5, 200606:29

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Thursday, February 2, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 2006 to the new moon of February 28, 2006, a cycle of 29.43 days.