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The Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 1909: Last Quarter, 55% lit

Waning · 54.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Last Quarter at

21:45UTC

Moon phase on May 12, 1909Last Quarter

Wednesday 12 May 1909373,463 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 12, 1909, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.7% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
373,463 km232,059 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1909 is on Wednesday, May 5, 1909 at 12:08 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 19, 1909 at 13:42 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 5, 190912:08
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, May 12, 190921:45
New Moon (after)Wednesday, May 19, 190913:42

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Wednesday, May 12, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1909 to the new moon of May 19, 1909, a cycle of 29.37 days.