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The Moon on Monday, May 12, 1919: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on May 12, 1919Waxing Gibbous

Monday 12 May 1919405,512 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 12, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
405,512 km251,974 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1919 is on Thursday, May 15, 1919 at 01:01 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 30, 1919 at 05:30 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 6, 191923:34
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 15, 191901:01

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Monday, May 12, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 30, 1919 to the new moon of May 29, 1919, a cycle of 29.32 days.