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The Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 1952: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on February 12, 1952Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 February 1952400,529 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 12, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
400,529 km248,877 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1952 is on Monday, February 11, 1952 at 00:28 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 25, 1952 at 09:16 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 11, 195200:28
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 18, 195218:01

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Tuesday, February 12, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 1952 to the new moon of February 25, 1952, a cycle of 29.45 days.