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The Moon on Saturday, February 12, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on February 12, 1955Waning Gibbous

Saturday 12 February 1955400,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 12, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.4% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
400,253 km248,705 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1955 is on Monday, February 7, 1955 at 01:43 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 22, 1955 at 15:54 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, February 7, 195501:43
Last Quarter (after)Monday, February 14, 195519:40

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Saturday, February 12, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 1955 to the new moon of February 22, 1955, a cycle of 29.62 days.