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The Moon on Friday, October 12, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on October 12, 2007Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 October 2007406,170 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 12, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
406,170 km252,382 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2007 is on Friday, October 26, 2007 at 04:52 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 05:01 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 11, 200705:01
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 19, 200708:33

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Friday, October 12, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 11, 2007 to the new moon of November 9, 2007, a cycle of 29.75 days.