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The Moon on Saturday, May 12, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 67.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on May 12, 1917Waning Gibbous

Saturday 12 May 1917370,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 12, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.8% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
370,209 km230,037 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1917 is on Monday, May 7, 1917 at 02:43 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 21, 1917 at 00:47 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 7, 191702:43
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 14, 191701:48

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Saturday, May 12, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 1917 to the new moon of May 21, 1917, a cycle of 29.45 days.