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The Moon on Thursday, September 5, 1912: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on September 5, 1912Waning Crescent

Thursday 5 September 1912372,283 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 5, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
372,283 km231,326 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1912 is on Tuesday, August 27, 1912 at 19:59 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 11, 1912 at 03:48 UTC, 6 days later.

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Thursday, September 5, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 12, 1912 to the new moon of September 11, 1912, a cycle of 29.33 days.