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The Moon on Saturday, April 12, 1924: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

First Quarter at

11:12UTC

Moon phase on April 12, 1924First Quarter

Saturday 12 April 1924397,088 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 12, 1924, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
397,088 km246,739 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1924 is on Saturday, April 19, 1924 at 14:10 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 4, 1924 at 07:17 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 4, 192407:17
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, April 12, 192411:12
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 19, 192414:10

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Saturday, April 12, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1924 to the new moon of May 3, 1924, a cycle of 29.65 days.