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The Moon on Thursday, February 6, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on February 6, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 6 February 2020375,093 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 6, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.7% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
375,093 km233,072 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 2020 is on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 07:33 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 24, 2020 at 21:42 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 2, 202001:42
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 9, 202007:33

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Thursday, February 6, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 2020 to the new moon of February 23, 2020, a cycle of 29.74 days.