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The Moon on Friday, April 12, 1991: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on April 12, 1991Waning Crescent

Friday 12 April 1991381,141 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 12, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.8% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
381,141 km236,830 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1991 is on Saturday, March 30, 1991 at 07:18 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 14, 1991 at 19:38 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 7, 199106:46
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 14, 199119:38

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Friday, April 12, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 16, 1991 to the new moon of April 14, 1991, a cycle of 29.48 days.