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The Moon on Sunday, May 12, 1918: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on May 12, 1918Waxing Crescent

Sunday 12 May 1918372,798 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 12, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
372,798 km231,646 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1918 is on Saturday, May 25, 1918 at 22:32 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 10, 1918 at 13:01 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 10, 191813:01
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 17, 191820:14

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Sunday, May 12, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1918 to the new moon of June 8, 1918, a cycle of 29.38 days.