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The Moon on Friday, May 12, 1905: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 52.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

First Quarter at

06:46UTC

Moon phase on May 12, 1905First Quarter

Friday 12 May 1905374,450 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 12, 1905, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.5% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
374,450 km232,672 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1905 is on Thursday, May 18, 1905 at 21:36 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 4, 1905 at 15:50 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 4, 190515:50
First Quarter (this day)Friday, May 12, 190506:46
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 18, 190521:36

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Friday, May 12, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1905 to the new moon of June 3, 1905, a cycle of 29.59 days.