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The Moon on Saturday, May 12, 2012: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Last Quarter at

21:47UTC

Moon phase on May 12, 2012Last Quarter

Saturday 12 May 2012384,837 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 12, 2012, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.4% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
384,837 km239,126 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 2012 is on Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 03:35 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:47 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 6, 201203:35
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 12, 201221:47
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 20, 201223:47

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Saturday, May 12, 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.