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The Moon on Friday, October 12, 1900: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on October 12, 1900Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 October 1900372,483 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 12, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.3% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
372,483 km231,450 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1900 is on Monday, October 8, 1900 at 13:18 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 23, 1900 at 13:27 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 8, 190013:18
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 15, 190009:51

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Friday, October 12, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 23, 1900 to the new moon of October 23, 1900, a cycle of 29.73 days.