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The Moon on Saturday, February 4, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on February 4, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 4 February 2012391,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 4, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
391,083 km243,007 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 4, 2012 is on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 21:54 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 23, 2012 at 07:39 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, January 31, 201204:10
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 7, 201221:54

The Moon around February 4

More about this date

Saturday, February 4, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 23, 2012 to the new moon of February 21, 2012, a cycle of 29.62 days.