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The Moon on Monday, February 20, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 58.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

21.9days

Moon phase on February 20, 2006Waning Gibbous

Monday 20 February 2006390,130 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 20, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.4% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
390,130 km242,416 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 00:31 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Monday, February 20, 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.