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The Moon on Thursday, February 12, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on February 12, 1959Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 February 1959401,748 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 12, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.8% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
401,748 km249,635 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1959 is on Monday, February 23, 1959 at 08:54 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 7, 1959 at 19:22 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 7, 195919:22
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 15, 195919:20

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Thursday, February 12, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 1959 to the new moon of March 9, 1959, a cycle of 29.65 days.