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The Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 1912: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on May 15, 1912Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 May 1912375,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 15, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
375,817 km233,522 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1912 is on Wednesday, May 1, 1912 at 10:19 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 16, 1912 at 22:13 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Wednesday, May 15, 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.