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The Moon on Monday, August 12, 1901: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on August 12, 1901Waning Crescent

Monday 12 August 1901379,279 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 12, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
379,279 km235,673 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1901 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1901 at 10:34 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 14, 1901 at 08:27 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 7, 190108:02
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 14, 190108:27

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Monday, August 12, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 15, 1901 to the new moon of August 14, 1901, a cycle of 29.43 days.