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The Moon on Wednesday, February 15, 2012: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on February 15, 2012Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 February 2012372,549 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 15, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.3% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
372,549 km231,491 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 2012 is on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 21:54 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 22:35 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 14, 201217:04
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 21, 201222:35

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Wednesday, February 15, 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.