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The Moon on Sunday, February 12, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on February 12, 2012Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 February 2012368,133 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 12, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.4% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
368,133 km228,747 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 2012 is on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 21:54 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 22:35 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 7, 201221:54
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, February 14, 201217:04

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Sunday, February 12, 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.