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The Moon on Thursday, August 12, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on August 12, 2010Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 August 2010360,648 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 12, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.6% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
360,648 km224,096 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 2010 is on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 17:05 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 03:08 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 10, 201003:08
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 16, 201018:14

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Thursday, August 12, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 2010 to the new moon of September 8, 2010, a cycle of 29.31 days.