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The Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on April 12, 2005Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 April 2005393,581 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 12, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.3% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
393,581 km244,560 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 2005 is on Sunday, April 24, 2005 at 10:07 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 8, 2005 at 20:32 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 8, 200520:32
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 16, 200514:38

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 2005 to the new moon of May 8, 2005, a cycle of 29.51 days.