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The Moon on Friday, September 14, 2012: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on September 14, 2012Waning Crescent

Friday 14 September 2012378,136 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 14, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.4% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
378,136 km234,963 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 14, 2012 is on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 13:58 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 02:11 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 14

More about this date

Friday, September 14, 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.