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The Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1901: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on December 12, 1901Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 December 1901401,272 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 12, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
401,272 km249,339 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1901 is on Wednesday, December 25, 1901 at 12:16 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 11, 1901 at 02:53 UTC, 1 day earlier.

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Thursday, December 12, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 11, 1901 to the new moon of January 9, 1902, a cycle of 29.76 days.