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The Moon on Saturday, February 12, 1966: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 48.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Last Quarter at

08:53UTC

Moon phase on February 12, 1966Last Quarter

Saturday 12 February 1966385,783 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 12, 1966, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.8% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
385,783 km239,715 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1966 is on Saturday, February 5, 1966 at 15:58 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 20, 1966 at 10:49 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 5, 196615:58
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, February 12, 196608:53
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 20, 196610:49

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Saturday, February 12, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 1966 to the new moon of February 20, 1966, a cycle of 29.79 days.