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The Moon on Friday, July 13, 2012: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on July 13, 2012Waning Crescent

Friday 13 July 2012404,744 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 13, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.8% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
404,744 km251,496 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 13, 2012 is on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 18:52 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 04:24 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 11, 201201:48
New Moon (after)Thursday, July 19, 201204:24

The Moon around July 13

More about this date

Friday, July 13, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 19, 2012 to the new moon of July 19, 2012, a cycle of 29.56 days.