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The Moon on Saturday, April 14, 2012: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on April 14, 2012Waning Crescent

Saturday 14 April 2012385,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 14, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.0% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
385,508 km239,544 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 14, 2012 is on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 19:19 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 07:19 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 13, 201210:50
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 21, 201207:19

The Moon around April 14

More about this date

Saturday, April 14, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 22, 2012 to the new moon of April 21, 2012, a cycle of 29.70 days.