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The Moon on Saturday, February 12, 1983: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

29.3days

Moon phase on February 12, 1983Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 February 1983404,550 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 12, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
404,550 km251,376 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1983 is on Friday, January 28, 1983 at 22:26 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 13, 1983 at 00:32 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 4, 198319:17
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 13, 198300:32

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Saturday, February 12, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 1983 to the new moon of February 13, 1983, a cycle of 29.81 days.