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The Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 1913: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on March 12, 1913Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 March 1913394,771 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 12, 1913, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
394,771 km245,299 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1913 is on Saturday, March 22, 1913 at 11:56 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, March 8, 1913 at 00:22 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, March 8, 191300:22
First Quarter (after)Saturday, March 15, 191320:58

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Wednesday, March 12, 1913 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 8, 1913 to the new moon of April 6, 1913, a cycle of 29.73 days.