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The Moon on Wednesday, February 12, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on February 12, 1986Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 February 1986392,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 12, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.0% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
392,802 km244,076 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1986 is on Monday, February 24, 1986 at 15:02 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 9, 1986 at 00:55 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 9, 198600:55
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 16, 198619:55

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Wednesday, February 12, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 9, 1986 to the new moon of March 10, 1986, a cycle of 29.58 days.