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The Moon on Friday, August 10, 2012: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

22.3days

Moon phase on August 10, 2012Waning Crescent

Friday 10 August 2012404,109 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 10, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.4% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
404,109 km251,102 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 2012 is on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 03:28 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 15:55 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 9, 201218:55
New Moon (after)Friday, August 17, 201215:55

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Friday, August 10, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 2012 to the new moon of August 17, 2012, a cycle of 29.48 days.