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The Moon on Friday, July 12, 1991: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

30.0days

Moon phase on July 12, 1991Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 July 1991358,712 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 12, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
358,712 km222,893 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 1991 is on Friday, July 26, 1991 at 18:25 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 11, 1991 at 19:06 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, July 11, 199119:06
First Quarter (after)Thursday, July 18, 199115:11

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Friday, July 12, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 11, 1991 to the new moon of August 10, 1991, a cycle of 29.31 days.