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The Moon on Monday, November 12, 2012: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on November 12, 2012Waning Crescent

Monday 12 November 2012360,950 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, November 12, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
360,950 km224,284 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 2012 is on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 19:50 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 22:08 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, November 7, 201200:36
New Moon (after)Tuesday, November 13, 201222:08

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Monday, November 12, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 15, 2012 to the new moon of November 13, 2012, a cycle of 29.42 days.