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The Moon on Friday, January 12, 1912: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on January 12, 1912Waning Crescent

Friday 12 January 1912393,637 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 12, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.3% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
393,637 km244,594 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1912 is on Thursday, January 4, 1912 at 13:29 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 19, 1912 at 11:10 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 11, 191207:43
New Moon (after)Friday, January 19, 191211:10

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Friday, January 12, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 20, 1911 to the new moon of January 19, 1912, a cycle of 29.81 days.