Skip to content
The Moon on Tuesday, February 21, 2006: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Last Quarter at

07:17UTC

Moon phase on February 21, 2006Last Quarter

Tuesday 21 February 2006384,621 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 21, 2006, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.1% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
384,621 km238,993 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 00:31 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 13, 200604:45
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, February 21, 200607:17
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 28, 200600:31

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Tuesday, February 21, 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.