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The Moon on Monday, May 12, 1902: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 27.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on May 12, 1902Waxing Crescent

Monday 12 May 1902369,187 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 12, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.7% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
369,187 km229,402 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1902 is on Thursday, May 22, 1902 at 10:46 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 7, 1902 at 22:45 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 7, 190222:45
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 14, 190213:40

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Monday, May 12, 1902 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1902 to the new moon of June 6, 1902, a cycle of 29.31 days.