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The Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 2012: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on April 17, 2012Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 April 2012398,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 17, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.1% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
398,118 km247,379 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 2012 is on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 19:19 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 07:19 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Tuesday, April 17, 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.