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The Moon on Sunday, May 19, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on May 19, 1912Waxing Crescent

Sunday 19 May 1912364,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 19, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.2% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
364,922 km226,752 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1912 is on Thursday, May 30, 1912 at 23:29 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 16, 1912 at 22:13 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 16, 191222:13
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 23, 191214:11

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Sunday, May 19, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 1912 to the new moon of June 15, 1912, a cycle of 29.34 days.