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The Moon on Wednesday, April 12, 2056: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on April 12, 2056Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 April 2056402,989 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 12, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
402,989 km250,406 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 2056 is on Friday, March 31, 2056 at 10:25 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 14, 2056 at 23:51 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 7, 205601:33
New Moon (after)Friday, April 14, 205623:51

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Wednesday, April 12, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 16, 2056 to the new moon of April 14, 2056, a cycle of 29.71 days.