Waxing · 26.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°
Moon age
4.6days
Moon phase on May 12, 1921Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, May 12, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.3% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.
26.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
367,877 km228,588 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 12, 1921 is on Saturday, May 21, 1921 at 20:15 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 7, 1921 at 21:01 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, May 7, 1921 | 21:01 |
| First Quarter (after) | Saturday, May 14, 1921 | 15:24 |
The Moon around May 12
More about this date
Thursday, May 12, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1921 to the new moon of June 6, 1921, a cycle of 29.38 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1921, or the whole moon calendar 1921.
- The same date one year apart: 1920 · 1922.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.