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The Moon on Saturday, February 12, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on February 12, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 February 2022403,804 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 12, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.8% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
403,804 km250,912 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 2022 is on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 16:57 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at 05:46 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 8, 202213:50
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, February 16, 202216:57

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Saturday, February 12, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 2022 to the new moon of March 2, 2022, a cycle of 29.49 days.