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The Moon on Thursday, May 12, 1932: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on May 12, 1932Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 May 1932385,126 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 12, 1932, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.6% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
385,126 km239,306 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1932 is on Friday, May 20, 1932 at 05:09 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 5, 1932 at 18:12 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 5, 193218:12
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 13, 193214:02

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Thursday, May 12, 1932 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 1932 to the new moon of June 4, 1932, a cycle of 29.63 days.