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The Moon on Wednesday, February 12, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on February 12, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 February 2014406,188 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 12, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
406,188 km252,394 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 2014 is on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 23:53 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 21:39 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, February 6, 201419:22
Full Moon (after)Friday, February 14, 201423:53

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Wednesday, February 12, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 30, 2014 to the new moon of March 1, 2014, a cycle of 29.43 days.