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The Moon on Sunday, August 12, 2012: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on August 12, 2012Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 August 2012401,549 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 12, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.5% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
401,549 km249,511 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 2012 is on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at 03:28 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 15:55 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Sunday, August 12, 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.