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The Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 1921: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on October 12, 1921Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 October 1921404,224 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 12, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.1% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
404,224 km251,173 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1921 is on Sunday, October 16, 1921 at 22:59 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 1921 at 12:26 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, October 8, 192120:12
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 16, 192122:59

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Wednesday, October 12, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 1921 to the new moon of October 30, 1921, a cycle of 29.47 days.