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The Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on February 12, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 February 1957360,300 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 12, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
360,300 km223,880 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1957 is on Thursday, February 14, 1957 at 16:38 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 30, 1957 at 21:25 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, February 7, 195723:23
Full Moon (after)Thursday, February 14, 195716:38

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Tuesday, February 12, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 1957 to the new moon of March 1, 1957, a cycle of 29.78 days.