Skip to content
The Moon on Monday, August 12, 1912: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

New Moon at

19:57UTC

Moon phase on August 12, 1912New Moon

Monday 12 August 1912357,497 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 12, 1912, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
357,497 km222,138 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1912 is on Monday, July 29, 1912 at 04:28 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 12, 1912 at 19:57 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 6, 191204:17
New Moon (this day)Monday, August 12, 191219:57
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 19, 191216:56

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Monday, August 12, 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.