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The Moon on Thursday, December 12, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on December 12, 1912Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 December 1912403,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 12, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.6% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
403,232 km250,557 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1912 is on Tuesday, December 24, 1912 at 04:30 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 8, 1912 at 17:07 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 8, 191217:07
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 16, 191220:06

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Thursday, December 12, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 8, 1912 to the new moon of January 7, 1913, a cycle of 29.72 days.