Daily lunar detail

February 1636 Moon Calendar

The month opens with a Waning Crescent and closes with a Last Quarter. It contains 4 exact major phase events.

Icons use the common Northern Hemisphere convention: waxing light on the right, waning light on the left. Your sky may appear rotated at other latitudes.

New MoonFebruary 6, 1636 at 10:07 PM UTC
First QuarterFebruary 13, 1636 at 5:58 PM UTC
Full MoonFebruary 20, 1636 at 10:43 PM UTC
Last QuarterFebruary 29, 1636 at 12:56 AM UTC

The lunar story of February 1636

New Moon occurs February 6, 1636. Full Moon occurs February 20, 1636. The first major event is New Moon on February 6, 1636, and the month progresses from 29% to 46% illumination at noon UTC on its boundary dates.

Choosing a day

Select any Moon to open its precise phase angle, illuminated fraction, elapsed age since New Moon, trend, and neighboring event. Date result pages remain shareable but are excluded from search indexing.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

What time are daily phases calculated?

12:00 UTC, chosen deliberately to keep date-only selections stable worldwide.

Why can a local phase event fall on another date?

An event near 00:00 UTC may occur on the previous local date west of Greenwich or the next local date east of it.

Do the icons show sky orientation?

They use a Northern Hemisphere convention; actual orientation rotates with latitude and viewing angle.