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The Moon on Thursday, February 6, 2014: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

First Quarter at

19:22UTC

Moon phase on February 6, 2014First Quarter

Thursday 6 February 2014390,131 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 6, 2014, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.0% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
390,131 km242,416 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 2014 is on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 23:53 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 21:39 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 30, 201421:39
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, February 6, 201419:22
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 14, 201423:53

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Thursday, February 6, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 2014 to the new moon of March 1, 2014, a cycle of 29.43 days.