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The Moon on Saturday, May 12, 1928: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Last Quarter at

20:50UTC

Moon phase on May 12, 1928Last Quarter

Saturday 12 May 1928386,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 12, 1928, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.0% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
386,367 km240,078 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1928 is on Friday, May 4, 1928 at 20:12 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 19, 1928 at 13:14 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 4, 192820:12
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 12, 192820:50
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 19, 192813:14

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Saturday, May 12, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 20, 1928 to the new moon of May 19, 1928, a cycle of 29.33 days.