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The Moon on Wednesday, May 8, 1912: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on May 8, 1912Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 8 May 1912404,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 8, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.8% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
404,158 km251,132 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1912 is on Wednesday, May 1, 1912 at 10:19 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 16, 1912 at 22:13 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Wednesday, May 8, 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.