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The Moon on Tuesday, July 16, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on July 16, 1912Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 July 1912359,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 16, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
359,630 km223,464 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1912 is on Monday, July 29, 1912 at 04:28 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 14, 1912 at 13:13 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, July 14, 191213:13
First Quarter (after)Sunday, July 21, 191205:18

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Tuesday, July 16, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 14, 1912 to the new moon of August 12, 1912, a cycle of 29.28 days.