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The Moon on Friday, October 12, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on October 12, 2018Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 October 2018388,143 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 12, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.0% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
388,143 km241,181 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2018 is on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 16:45 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 9, 201803:47
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 16, 201818:02

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Friday, October 12, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 2018 to the new moon of November 7, 2018, a cycle of 29.51 days.