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The Moon on Thursday, September 13, 2012: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on September 13, 2012Waning Crescent

Thursday 13 September 2012383,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 13, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.4% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
383,230 km238,128 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 13, 2012 is on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 13:58 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 02:11 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 8, 201213:15
New Moon (after)Sunday, September 16, 201202:11

The Moon around September 13

More about this date

Thursday, September 13, 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.