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The Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 1991: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on February 12, 1991Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 February 1991399,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 12, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.9% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
399,566 km248,279 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1991 is on Wednesday, January 30, 1991 at 06:10 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 14, 1991 at 17:32 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, February 6, 199113:52
New Moon (after)Thursday, February 14, 199117:32

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Tuesday, February 12, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 15, 1991 to the new moon of February 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.74 days.