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The Moon on Sunday, February 12, 2006: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on February 12, 2006Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 12 February 2006405,602 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 12, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
405,602 km252,029 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 2006 is on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 04:45 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 14:15 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 5, 200606:29
Full Moon (after)Monday, February 13, 200604:45

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Sunday, February 12, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 29, 2006 to the new moon of February 28, 2006, a cycle of 29.43 days.