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The Moon on Monday, February 12, 1990: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on February 12, 1990Waning Gibbous

Monday 12 February 1990395,614 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 12, 1990, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
395,614 km245,823 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1990 is on Friday, February 9, 1990 at 19:16 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 25, 1990 at 08:55 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, February 9, 199019:16
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 17, 199018:48

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Monday, February 12, 1990 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 26, 1990 to the new moon of February 25, 1990, a cycle of 29.57 days.