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The Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on October 12, 2021Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 October 2021371,244 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.9% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
371,244 km230,680 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2021 is on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 14:57 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 11:05 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 6, 202111:05
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 13, 202103:25

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Tuesday, October 12, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 2021 to the new moon of November 4, 2021, a cycle of 29.42 days.