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The Moon on Saturday, February 12, 1938: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on February 12, 1938Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 February 1938364,098 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 12, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.1% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
364,098 km226,240 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1938 is on Monday, February 14, 1938 at 17:14 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 31, 1938 at 13:35 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 8, 193800:33
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 14, 193817:14

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Saturday, February 12, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 31, 1938 to the new moon of March 2, 1938, a cycle of 29.67 days.