Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, February 6, 2008: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on February 6, 2008Waning Crescent

Wednesday 6 February 2008385,972 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 6, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
385,972 km239,832 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 2008 is on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 03:31 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 03:45 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, January 30, 200805:03
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 7, 200803:45

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Wednesday, February 6, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 8, 2008 to the new moon of February 7, 2008, a cycle of 29.67 days.