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The Moon on Sunday, February 12, 1961: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on February 12, 1961Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 February 1961361,684 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 12, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.8% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
361,684 km224,740 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1961 is on Tuesday, January 31, 1961 at 18:47 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 15, 1961 at 08:10 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 8, 196116:49
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 15, 196108:10

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Sunday, February 12, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 16, 1961 to the new moon of February 15, 1961, a cycle of 29.44 days.