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The Moon on Wednesday, February 12, 1947: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Last Quarter at

21:58UTC

Moon phase on February 12, 1947Last Quarter

Wednesday 12 February 1947398,225 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 12, 1947, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.1% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
398,225 km247,446 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1947 is on Wednesday, February 5, 1947 at 15:50 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 21, 1947 at 02:00 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 5, 194715:50
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, February 12, 194721:58
New Moon (after)Friday, February 21, 194702:00

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Wednesday, February 12, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1947 to the new moon of February 21, 1947, a cycle of 29.73 days.