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The Moon on Friday, April 12, 1912: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on April 12, 1912Waning Crescent

Friday 12 April 1912400,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 12, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.2% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
400,532 km248,879 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 9, 191215:24
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 17, 191211:40

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Friday, April 12, 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.