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The Moon on Sunday, March 12, 1905: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on March 12, 1905Waxing Crescent

Sunday 12 March 1905398,505 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 12, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.8% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
398,505 km247,619 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1905 is on Tuesday, March 21, 1905 at 04:55 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 6, 1905 at 05:19 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 6, 190505:19
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 14, 190508:59

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Sunday, March 12, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 6, 1905 to the new moon of April 4, 1905, a cycle of 29.75 days.