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The Moon on Sunday, October 14, 2012: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on October 14, 2012Waning Crescent

Sunday 14 October 2012366,008 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 14, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
366,008 km227,427 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 2012 is on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 03:19 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Sunday, October 14, 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.