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The Moon on Saturday, February 12, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on February 12, 2005Waxing Crescent

Saturday 12 February 2005375,522 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 12, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.7% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
375,522 km233,339 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 2005 is on Thursday, February 24, 2005 at 04:54 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 at 22:28 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, February 8, 200522:28
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, February 16, 200500:16

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Saturday, February 12, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2005 to the new moon of March 10, 2005, a cycle of 29.45 days.