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The Moon on Friday, April 5, 1912: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on April 5, 1912Waning Gibbous

Friday 5 April 1912392,320 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 5, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.1% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
392,320 km243,776 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1912 is on Monday, April 1, 1912 at 22:04 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 17, 1912 at 11:40 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, April 1, 191222:04
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 9, 191215:24

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Friday, April 5, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 18, 1912 to the new moon of April 17, 1912, a cycle of 29.56 days.