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The Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 1985: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Last Quarter at

07:57UTC

Moon phase on February 12, 1985Last Quarter

Tuesday 12 February 1985373,473 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 12, 1985, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.2% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
373,473 km232,065 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1985 is on Tuesday, February 5, 1985 at 15:19 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 19, 1985 at 18:43 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 5, 198515:19
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, February 12, 198507:57
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 19, 198518:43

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Tuesday, February 12, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 21, 1985 to the new moon of February 19, 1985, a cycle of 29.68 days.