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The Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on February 12, 2008Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 February 2008370,767 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 12, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.7% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
370,767 km230,384 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 2008 is on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 03:31 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 7, 2008 at 03:45 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 7, 200803:45
First Quarter (after)Thursday, February 14, 200803:34

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 7, 2008 to the new moon of March 7, 2008, a cycle of 29.56 days.