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The Moon on Monday, August 20, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on August 20, 2012Waxing Crescent

Monday 20 August 2012373,023 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 20, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.9% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
373,023 km231,786 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2012 is on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 13:58 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 15:55 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 17, 201215:55
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 24, 201213:54

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Monday, August 20, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 17, 2012 to the new moon of September 16, 2012, a cycle of 29.43 days.