Waxing · 47.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°
First Quarter at
18:32UTC
Moon phase on April 12, 2008First Quarter
On Saturday, April 12, 2008, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.1% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
47.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
374,392 km232,636 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 12, 2008 is on Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 10:26 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 03:55 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, April 6, 2008 | 03:55 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Saturday, April 12, 2008 | 18:32 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, April 20, 2008 | 10:26 |
The Moon around April 12
More about this date
Saturday, April 12, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 2008 to the new moon of May 5, 2008, a cycle of 29.35 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 2008, or the whole moon calendar 2008.
- The same date one year apart: 2007 · 2009.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.