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The Moon on Sunday, April 22, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on April 22, 2012Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 April 2012406,407 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 22, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
406,407 km252,529 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 2012 is on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 03:35 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 07:19 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 21, 201207:19
First Quarter (after)Sunday, April 29, 201209:58

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Sunday, April 22, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 2012 to the new moon of May 20, 2012, a cycle of 29.69 days.