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The Moon on Tuesday, April 23, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 40.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on April 23, 1912Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 April 1912369,523 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 23, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.2% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
369,523 km229,611 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1912 is on Wednesday, May 1, 1912 at 10:19 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 17, 1912 at 11:40 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 17, 191211:40
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 24, 191208:47

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Tuesday, April 23, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 17, 1912 to the new moon of May 16, 1912, a cycle of 29.44 days.