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The Moon on Tuesday, February 6, 2024: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on February 6, 2024Waning Crescent

Tuesday 6 February 2024373,464 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 6, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.3% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
373,464 km232,060 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 2024 is on Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 17:54 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 9, 2024 at 22:59 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 2, 202423:18
New Moon (after)Friday, February 9, 202422:59

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 11, 2024 to the new moon of February 9, 2024, a cycle of 29.46 days.