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The Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on October 12, 2072Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 October 2072363,444 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 12, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
363,444 km225,833 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2072 is on Thursday, October 27, 2072 at 01:21 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 11, 2072 at 17:55 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 11, 207217:55
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 18, 207220:37

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Wednesday, October 12, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 11, 2072 to the new moon of November 10, 2072, a cycle of 29.43 days.