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The Moon on Saturday, February 12, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on February 12, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 February 1949361,835 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 12, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
361,835 km224,833 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1949 is on Sunday, February 13, 1949 at 09:08 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 29, 1949 at 02:42 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 6, 194908:05
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 13, 194909:08

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Saturday, February 12, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 1949 to the new moon of February 27, 1949, a cycle of 29.76 days.