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The Moon on Thursday, August 12, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on August 12, 1999Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 August 1999377,650 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 12, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
377,650 km234,661 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1999 is on Thursday, August 26, 1999 at 23:48 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 11, 1999 at 11:09 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 11, 199911:09
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 19, 199901:47

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Thursday, August 12, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 11, 1999 to the new moon of September 9, 1999, a cycle of 29.45 days.