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The Moon on Wednesday, February 12, 2020: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on February 12, 2020Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 12 February 2020362,601 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 12, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.6% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
362,601 km225,310 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 2020 is on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 07:33 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at 15:32 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 9, 202007:33
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 15, 202022:17

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 24, 2020 to the new moon of February 23, 2020, a cycle of 29.74 days.