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The Moon on Thursday, October 12, 1933: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on October 12, 1933Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 October 1933401,147 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 12, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.5% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
401,147 km249,261 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1933 is on Tuesday, October 3, 1933 at 17:08 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 19, 1933 at 05:45 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 11, 193316:46
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 19, 193305:45

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Thursday, October 12, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 19, 1933 to the new moon of October 19, 1933, a cycle of 29.47 days.