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The Moon on Saturday, October 5, 1912: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on October 5, 1912Waning Crescent

Saturday 5 October 1912367,880 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 5, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.8% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
367,880 km228,590 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1912 is on Thursday, September 26, 1912 at 11:34 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 10, 1912 at 13:40 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 3, 191220:48
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 10, 191213:40

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Saturday, October 5, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 11, 1912 to the new moon of October 10, 1912, a cycle of 29.41 days.