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The Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1915: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on October 12, 1915Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 October 1915365,084 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 12, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.4% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
365,084 km226,853 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1915 is on Saturday, October 23, 1915 at 00:15 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 8, 1915 at 21:42 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, October 8, 191521:42
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 15, 191513:51

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Tuesday, October 12, 1915 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 8, 1915 to the new moon of November 7, 1915, a cycle of 29.42 days.