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The Moon on Tuesday, February 14, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on February 14, 2006Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 14 February 2006406,275 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 14, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
406,275 km252,448 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 14, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 00:31 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 13, 200604:45
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 21, 200607:17

The Moon around February 14

More about this date

Tuesday, February 14, 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.