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The Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 1974: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 65.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on February 12, 1974Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 February 1974387,421 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 12, 1974, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.1% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
387,421 km240,732 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1974 is on Wednesday, February 6, 1974 at 23:24 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, February 22, 1974 at 05:34 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, February 6, 197423:24
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, February 14, 197400:04

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Tuesday, February 12, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 23, 1974 to the new moon of February 22, 1974, a cycle of 29.77 days.