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The Moon on Thursday, October 11, 2012: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on October 11, 2012Waning Crescent

Thursday 11 October 2012382,187 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 11, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.9% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
382,187 km237,480 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 2012 is on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 03:19 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Thursday, October 11, 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.