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The Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 1908: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on May 12, 1908Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 May 1908393,609 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 12, 1908, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.2% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
393,609 km244,577 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1908 is on Saturday, May 16, 1908 at 04:32 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 30, 1908 at 15:33 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 8, 190811:23
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 16, 190804:32

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Tuesday, May 12, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1908 to the new moon of May 30, 1908, a cycle of 29.49 days.