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The Moon on Monday, February 12, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on February 12, 1940Waxing Crescent

Monday 12 February 1940405,306 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 12, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.9% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
405,306 km251,845 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1940 is on Friday, February 23, 1940 at 09:56 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 8, 1940 at 07:45 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 8, 194007:45
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 16, 194012:56

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Monday, February 12, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 1940 to the new moon of March 9, 1940, a cycle of 29.78 days.