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The Moon on Thursday, February 12, 1970: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

6.2days

Moon phase on February 12, 1970Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 February 1970386,793 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 12, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.2% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
386,793 km240,342 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1970 is on Saturday, February 21, 1970 at 08:19 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 6, 1970 at 07:13 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, February 6, 197007:13
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 13, 197004:11

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Thursday, February 12, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 6, 1970 to the new moon of March 7, 1970, a cycle of 29.44 days.