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The Moon on Saturday, February 12, 2000: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

First Quarter at

23:22UTC

Moon phase on February 12, 2000First Quarter

Saturday 12 February 2000374,361 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 12, 2000, the Moon was a First Quarter: 44.8% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

44.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
374,361 km232,617 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 2000 is on Saturday, February 19, 2000 at 16:27 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 5, 2000 at 13:04 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 5, 200013:04
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, February 12, 200023:22
Full Moon (after)Saturday, February 19, 200016:27

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Saturday, February 12, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 5, 2000 to the new moon of March 6, 2000, a cycle of 29.68 days.