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The Moon on Sunday, February 5, 2006: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

First Quarter at

06:29UTC

Moon phase on February 5, 2006First Quarter

Sunday 5 February 2006382,655 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 5, 2006, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.6% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
382,655 km237,770 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 5, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 14:15 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, January 29, 200614:15
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, February 5, 200606:29
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 13, 200604:45

The Moon around February 5

More about this date

Sunday, February 5, 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.