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The Moon on Thursday, May 12, 1904: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on May 12, 1904Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 May 1904396,350 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 12, 1904, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.1% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
396,350 km246,280 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1904 is on Friday, April 29, 1904 at 22:36 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 15, 1904 at 10:58 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 7, 190411:51
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 15, 190410:58

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Thursday, May 12, 1904 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1904 to the new moon of May 15, 1904, a cycle of 29.55 days.