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The Moon on Friday, February 12, 1960: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Full Moon at

17:24UTC

Moon phase on February 12, 1960Full Moon

Friday 12 February 1960393,352 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 12, 1960, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
393,352 km244,417 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Snow Moon, 392,569 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1960 is on Friday, February 12, 1960 at 17:24 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 26, 1960 at 18:24 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, February 4, 196014:26
Full Moon (this day)Friday, February 12, 196017:24
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 19, 196023:48

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Friday, February 12, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 1960 to the new moon of February 26, 1960, a cycle of 29.51 days.