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The Moon on Saturday, May 12, 1906: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 15°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on May 12, 1906Waning Gibbous

Saturday 12 May 1906368,723 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 12, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.9% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
368,723 km229,114 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1906 is on Tuesday, May 8, 1906 at 14:10 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 1906 at 08:01 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 8, 190614:10
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 15, 190607:03

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Saturday, May 12, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1906 to the new moon of May 23, 1906, a cycle of 29.66 days.