A very young moon, this is only 26 hours after new, visible to the unaided eye as a sliver in the fading glow of sunset
Moon Phases for 2012
| Full Moon | New Moon | |||
| January | Jan 9 07:30UT | Jan 8 22:30AST | Jan 23 07:39UT | Jan 22 22:39AST |
| February | Feb 7 21:54UT | Feb 7 12:54AST | Feb 21 22:35UT | Feb 21 13:35AST |
| March | Mar 8 09:39UT | Mar 8 00:39AST | Mar 22 14:37UT | Mar 22 06:37ADT |
| April | Apr 6 19:19UT | Apr 6 11:19ADT | Apr 21 07:18UT | Apr 20 23:18ADT |
| May | May 6 03:35UT | May 5 19:35ADT | May 20 23:47UT | May 20 15:47ADT |
| June | Jun 4 11:11UT | Jun 4 03:11ADT | Jun 19 15:02UT | Jun 19 07:02ADT |
| July | Jul 3 18:52UT | Jul 3 10:52ADT | Jul 19 04:24UT | Jul 18 20:24ADT |
| August | Aug 2 03:27UT | Aug 1 19:27ADT | Aug 17 15:55UT | Aug 17 07:55ADT |
| Aug 31 13:58UT | Aug 31 05:58ADT | |||
| September | Sep 30 03:19UT | Sep 29 19:19ADT | Sep 16 02:11UT | Sep 15 18:11ADT |
| October | Oct 29 19:50UT | Oct 29 11:50ADT | Oct 15 12:02UT | Oct 15 04:02ADT |
| November | Nov 28 14:46UT | Nov 28 05:46AST | Nov 13 22:08UT | Nov 13 13:08AST |
| December | Dec 28 10:21UT | Dec 28 01:21AST | Dec 13 08:42UT | Dec 12 23:42AST |
Source: NASA Sky Calendar
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