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The Moon on Tuesday, May 12, 1931: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on May 12, 1931Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 May 1931404,701 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 12, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.4% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
404,701 km251,469 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1931 is on Saturday, May 2, 1931 at 05:14 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 17, 1931 at 15:28 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 9, 193112:48
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 17, 193115:28

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Tuesday, May 12, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 18, 1931 to the new moon of May 17, 1931, a cycle of 29.60 days.