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The Moon on Saturday, April 28, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on April 28, 2012Waxing Crescent

Saturday 28 April 2012391,910 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 28, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.8% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
391,910 km243,521 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2012 is on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 03:35 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 07:19 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Saturday, April 28, 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.