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The Moon on Friday, April 12, 1918: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on April 12, 1918Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 April 1918362,083 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 12, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
362,083 km224,988 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1918 is on Friday, April 26, 1918 at 08:05 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 11, 1918 at 04:34 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 11, 191804:34
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 18, 191804:07

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Friday, April 12, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1918 to the new moon of May 10, 1918, a cycle of 29.35 days.