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The Moon on Wednesday, February 12, 1969: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on February 12, 1969Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 February 1969365,971 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 12, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.9% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
365,971 km227,404 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1969 is on Sunday, February 2, 1969 at 12:56 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 16, 1969 at 16:25 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 10, 196900:08
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 16, 196916:25

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Wednesday, February 12, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 18, 1969 to the new moon of February 16, 1969, a cycle of 29.48 days.