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The Moon on Thursday, April 12, 1900: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on April 12, 1900Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 April 1900405,358 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 12, 1900, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.0% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
405,358 km251,877 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1900 is on Sunday, April 15, 1900 at 01:02 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 30, 1900 at 20:30 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, April 6, 190020:55
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 15, 190001:02

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Thursday, April 12, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 30, 1900 to the new moon of April 29, 1900, a cycle of 29.37 days.