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The Moon on Monday, May 6, 1912: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 76.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on May 6, 1912Waning Gibbous

Monday 6 May 1912403,377 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 6, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.4% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
403,377 km250,647 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 6, 1912 is on Wednesday, May 1, 1912 at 10:19 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 16, 1912 at 22:13 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 1, 191210:19
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 9, 191209:56

The Moon around May 6

More about this date

Monday, May 6, 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.