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The Moon on Friday, October 12, 1928: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on October 12, 1928Waning Crescent

Friday 12 October 1928395,432 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 12, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
395,432 km245,710 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1928 is on Saturday, September 29, 1928 at 12:42 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 13, 1928 at 15:56 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 6, 192805:06
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 13, 192815:56

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Friday, October 12, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 14, 1928 to the new moon of October 13, 1928, a cycle of 29.61 days.