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The Moon on Sunday, February 19, 2012: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on February 19, 2012Waning Crescent

Sunday 19 February 2012383,286 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 19, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.6% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
383,286 km238,163 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 19, 2012 is on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 21:54 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 22:35 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 19

More about this date

Sunday, February 19, 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.