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The Moon on Monday, February 20, 2012: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on February 20, 2012Waning Crescent

Monday 20 February 2012386,585 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 20, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
386,585 km240,213 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 2012 is on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 21:54 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 22:35 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Monday, February 20, 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.