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The Moon on Sunday, May 12, 1901: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on May 12, 1901Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 May 1901374,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 12, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.4% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
374,861 km232,928 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1901 is on Friday, May 3, 1901 at 18:19 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 18, 1901 at 05:38 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 11, 190114:38
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 18, 190105:38

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Sunday, May 12, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1901 to the new moon of May 18, 1901, a cycle of 29.33 days.