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The Moon on Thursday, February 12, 2015: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Last Quarter at

03:50UTC

Moon phase on February 12, 2015Last Quarter

Thursday 12 February 2015388,211 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 12, 2015, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
388,211 km241,223 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 2015 is on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 23:09 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 23:47 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, February 3, 201523:09
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, February 12, 201503:50
New Moon (after)Wednesday, February 18, 201523:47

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Thursday, February 12, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 2015 to the new moon of February 18, 2015, a cycle of 29.44 days.