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The Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 2072: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on April 12, 2072Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 April 2072404,781 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 12, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 30.4% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
404,781 km251,519 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 2072 is on Sunday, April 3, 2072 at 01:25 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 2072 at 11:57 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 10, 207208:53
New Moon (after)Monday, April 18, 207211:57

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Tuesday, April 12, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 19, 2072 to the new moon of April 18, 2072, a cycle of 29.65 days.