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The Moon on Wednesday, May 29, 1912: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on May 29, 1912Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 29 May 1912392,192 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 29, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
392,192 km243,697 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1912 is on Thursday, May 30, 1912 at 23:29 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 16, 1912 at 22:13 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 23, 191214:11
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 30, 191223:29

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Wednesday, May 29, 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.