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The Moon on Friday, April 12, 2013: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on April 12, 2013Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 April 2013399,111 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 12, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
399,111 km247,996 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 2013 is on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 19:57 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 09:36 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 10, 201309:36
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 18, 201312:31

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Friday, April 12, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 10, 2013 to the new moon of May 10, 2013, a cycle of 29.62 days.