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The Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 1920: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 37.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on May 12, 1920Waning Crescent

Wednesday 12 May 1920388,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 12, 1920, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.5% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
388,566 km241,444 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1920 is on Monday, May 3, 1920 at 01:47 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 18, 1920 at 06:25 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 11, 192005:51
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 18, 192006:25

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Wednesday, May 12, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1920 to the new moon of May 18, 1920, a cycle of 29.36 days.