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The Moon on Saturday, February 12, 1927: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on February 12, 1927Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 February 1927390,441 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 12, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.9% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
390,441 km242,609 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1927 is on Wednesday, February 16, 1927 at 16:18 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 2, 1927 at 08:54 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 8, 192723:54
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 16, 192716:18

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Saturday, February 12, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 2, 1927 to the new moon of March 3, 1927, a cycle of 29.44 days.