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The Moon on Thursday, February 6, 2042: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on February 6, 2042Waning Gibbous

Thursday 6 February 2042403,314 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 6, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
403,314 km250,608 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 2042 is on Wednesday, February 5, 2042 at 01:58 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 20, 2042 at 07:39 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 5, 204201:58
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, February 13, 204207:16

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Thursday, February 6, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 2042 to the new moon of February 20, 2042, a cycle of 29.46 days.