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The Moon on Thursday, August 12, 1909: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on August 12, 1909Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 August 1909388,372 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 12, 1909, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.1% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
388,372 km241,323 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1909 is on Sunday, August 1, 1909 at 21:14 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 15, 1909 at 23:55 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, August 8, 190912:10
New Moon (after)Sunday, August 15, 190923:55

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Thursday, August 12, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 1909 to the new moon of August 15, 1909, a cycle of 29.55 days.