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The Moon on Sunday, February 12, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on February 12, 2017Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 February 2017383,772 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 12, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
383,772 km238,465 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 2017 is on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 00:33 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 14:59 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 11, 201700:33
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 18, 201719:33

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Sunday, February 12, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 28, 2017 to the new moon of February 26, 2017, a cycle of 29.62 days.