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The Moon on Friday, May 12, 1911: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on May 12, 1911Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 May 1911402,249 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 12, 1911, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
402,249 km249,946 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1911 is on Saturday, May 13, 1911 at 06:10 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 28, 1911 at 22:25 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 5, 191113:14
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 13, 191106:10

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Friday, May 12, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 28, 1911 to the new moon of May 28, 1911, a cycle of 29.33 days.