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The Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1909: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on October 12, 1909Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 October 1909406,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 12, 1909, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
406,253 km252,434 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1909 is on Wednesday, September 29, 1909 at 13:05 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 14, 1909 at 08:13 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 6, 190906:44
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 14, 190908:13

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Tuesday, October 12, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 14, 1909 to the new moon of October 14, 1909, a cycle of 29.71 days.