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The Moon on Thursday, October 12, 2017: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Last Quarter at

12:26UTC

Moon phase on October 12, 2017Last Quarter

Thursday 12 October 2017371,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 12, 2017, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.3% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
371,075 km230,575 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2017 is on Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 18:40 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 19:12 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 5, 201718:40
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 12, 201712:26
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 19, 201719:12

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Thursday, October 12, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 20, 2017 to the new moon of October 19, 2017, a cycle of 29.57 days.