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The Moon on Wednesday, September 19, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 15.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on September 19, 2012Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 19 September 2012365,824 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 19, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.3% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
365,824 km227,313 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 19, 2012 is on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 03:19 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 02:11 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 16, 201202:11
First Quarter (after)Saturday, September 22, 201219:41

The Moon around September 19

More about this date

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 16, 2012 to the new moon of October 15, 2012, a cycle of 29.41 days.