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The Moon on Friday, July 12, 2013: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on July 12, 2013Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 July 2013396,590 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 12, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.9% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
396,590 km246,430 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 2013 is on Monday, July 22, 2013 at 18:16 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 8, 2013 at 07:14 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, July 8, 201307:14
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 16, 201303:18

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Friday, July 12, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 8, 2013 to the new moon of August 6, 2013, a cycle of 29.61 days.