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The Moon on Wednesday, October 10, 2012: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on October 10, 2012Waning Crescent

Wednesday 10 October 2012388,092 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 10, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.9% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
388,092 km241,149 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 2012 is on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 03:19 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 8, 201207:34
New Moon (after)Monday, October 15, 201212:03

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Wednesday, October 10, 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.