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The Moon on Sunday, February 19, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 68.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on February 19, 2006Waning Gibbous

Sunday 19 February 2006394,942 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 19, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 68.1% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

68.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
394,942 km245,406 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 00:31 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Sunday, February 19, 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.