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The Moon on Friday, March 12, 1926: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on March 12, 1926Waning Crescent

Friday 12 March 1926359,406 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 12, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
359,406 km223,325 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1926 is on Saturday, February 27, 1926 at 16:51 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, March 14, 1926 at 03:20 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 7, 192611:49
New Moon (after)Sunday, March 14, 192603:20

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Friday, March 12, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 12, 1926 to the new moon of March 14, 1926, a cycle of 29.42 days.