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The Moon on Saturday, December 12, 1903: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on December 12, 1903Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 December 1903376,114 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 12, 1903, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.6% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
376,114 km233,707 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1903 is on Friday, December 4, 1903 at 18:13 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 18, 1903 at 21:26 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, December 11, 190310:53
New Moon (after)Friday, December 18, 190321:26

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Saturday, December 12, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 19, 1903 to the new moon of December 18, 1903, a cycle of 29.68 days.