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The Moon on Friday, September 21, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on September 21, 2012Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 September 2012368,529 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 21, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.2% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
368,529 km228,993 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 21, 2012 is on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 03:19 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 02:11 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 21

More about this date

Friday, September 21, 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.