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The Moon on Thursday, October 12, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on October 12, 2056Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 October 2056363,160 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 12, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 16.2% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
363,160 km225,657 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2056 is on Monday, October 23, 2056 at 11:46 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 2056 at 03:00 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 9, 205603:00
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 15, 205617:58

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Thursday, October 12, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 2056 to the new moon of November 7, 2056, a cycle of 29.39 days.