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The Moon on Friday, May 12, 1916: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on May 12, 1916Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 May 1916389,562 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 12, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.7% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
389,562 km242,063 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1916 is on Wednesday, May 17, 1916 at 14:11 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 2, 1916 at 05:29 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 10, 191608:47
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, May 17, 191614:11

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Friday, May 12, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1916 to the new moon of May 31, 1916, a cycle of 29.59 days.