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The Moon on Sunday, April 29, 2012: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

First Quarter at

09:58UTC

Moon phase on April 29, 2012First Quarter

Sunday 29 April 2012386,510 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 29, 2012, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.0% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
386,510 km240,166 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 2012 is on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 03:35 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 07:19 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 21, 201207:19
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, April 29, 201209:58
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 6, 201203:35

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Sunday, April 29, 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.