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The Moon on Sunday, May 12, 1912: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on May 12, 1912Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 May 1912391,476 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 12, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.6% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
391,476 km243,252 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1912 is on Wednesday, May 1, 1912 at 10:19 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 16, 1912 at 22:13 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 9, 191209:56
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 16, 191222:13

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Sunday, May 12, 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.