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The Moon on Friday, February 6, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on February 6, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 February 2009362,833 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 6, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.6% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
362,833 km225,454 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 2009 is on Monday, February 9, 2009 at 14:49 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 07:56 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, February 2, 200923:13
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 9, 200914:49

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Friday, February 6, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 2009 to the new moon of February 25, 2009, a cycle of 29.74 days.