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The Moon on Friday, May 12, 1933: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on May 12, 1933Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 May 1933360,822 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 12, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.0% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
360,822 km224,204 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1933 is on Tuesday, May 9, 1933 at 22:04 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 24, 1933 at 10:07 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 9, 193322:04
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 16, 193312:50

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Friday, May 12, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 24, 1933 to the new moon of May 24, 1933, a cycle of 29.64 days.