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The Moon on Thursday, February 12, 1998: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

15.2days

Moon phase on February 12, 1998Waning Gibbous

Thursday 12 February 1998401,485 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 12, 1998, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
401,485 km249,471 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1998 is on Wednesday, February 11, 1998 at 10:23 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 26, 1998 at 17:26 UTC, 14 days later.

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Thursday, February 12, 1998 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 1998 to the new moon of February 26, 1998, a cycle of 29.48 days.