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The Moon on Friday, October 12, 1923: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on October 12, 1923Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 October 1923359,990 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 12, 1923, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
359,990 km223,688 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1923 is on Wednesday, October 24, 1923 at 18:26 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 10, 1923 at 06:05 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 10, 192306:05
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 16, 192320:54

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Friday, October 12, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 10, 1923 to the new moon of November 8, 1923, a cycle of 29.39 days.