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The Moon on Monday, February 12, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on February 12, 1951Waxing Crescent

Monday 12 February 1951399,243 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 12, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.1% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
399,243 km248,078 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1951 is on Wednesday, February 21, 1951 at 21:12 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 6, 1951 at 07:54 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 6, 195107:54
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 13, 195120:55

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Monday, February 12, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1951 to the new moon of March 7, 1951, a cycle of 29.54 days.