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The Moon on Wednesday, August 22, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on August 22, 2012Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 22 August 2012370,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 22, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.1% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
370,196 km230,029 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2012 is on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 13:58 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 15:55 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Wednesday, August 22, 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.