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The Moon on Tuesday, February 12, 2019: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

First Quarter at

22:26UTC

Moon phase on February 12, 2019First Quarter

Tuesday 12 February 2019387,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 12, 2019, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.6% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
387,427 km240,736 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 2019 is on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 15:54 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 4, 2019 at 21:04 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, February 4, 201921:04
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, February 12, 201922:26
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 19, 201915:54

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 4, 2019 to the new moon of March 6, 2019, a cycle of 29.79 days.