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The Moon on Wednesday, February 15, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on February 15, 2006Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 15 February 2006405,617 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 15, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
405,617 km252,039 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 00:31 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Wednesday, February 15, 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.