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The Moon on Monday, May 12, 1924: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

First Quarter at

02:14UTC

Moon phase on May 12, 1924First Quarter

Monday 12 May 1924387,459 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 12, 1924, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.3% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
387,459 km240,756 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1924 is on Sunday, May 18, 1924 at 21:52 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 3, 1924 at 23:00 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 3, 192423:00
First Quarter (this day)Monday, May 12, 192402:14
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 18, 192421:52

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Monday, May 12, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 3, 1924 to the new moon of June 2, 1924, a cycle of 29.65 days.