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The Moon on Friday, February 12, 1999: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on February 12, 1999Waning Crescent

Friday 12 February 1999394,186 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 12, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.2% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
394,186 km244,936 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1999 is on Sunday, January 31, 1999 at 16:07 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 16, 1999 at 06:39 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 8, 199911:58
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 16, 199906:39

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Friday, February 12, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 17, 1999 to the new moon of February 16, 1999, a cycle of 29.62 days.