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The Moon on Saturday, February 4, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on February 4, 2006Waxing Crescent

Saturday 4 February 2006377,097 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 4, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.8% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
377,097 km234,317 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 4, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 14:15 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around February 4

More about this date

Saturday, February 4, 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.