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The Moon on Friday, February 12, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on February 12, 2021Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 February 2021388,268 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 12, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
388,268 km241,258 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 2021 is on Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 19:16 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 19:06 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, February 11, 202119:06
First Quarter (after)Friday, February 19, 202118:48

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Friday, February 12, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 11, 2021 to the new moon of March 13, 2021, a cycle of 29.64 days.