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The Moon on Thursday, April 26, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on April 26, 2012Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 April 2012400,298 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 26, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.5% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
400,298 km248,733 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 2012 is on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 03:35 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 07:19 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Thursday, April 26, 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.