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The Moon on Thursday, April 19, 2012: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on April 19, 2012Waning Crescent

Thursday 19 April 2012403,327 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 19, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
403,327 km250,616 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 2012 is on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 19:19 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 07:19 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Thursday, April 19, 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.