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The Moon on Saturday, May 12, 1934: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on May 12, 1934Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 May 1934389,742 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 12, 1934, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
389,742 km242,175 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1934 is on Sunday, April 29, 1934 at 12:45 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 13, 1934 at 12:30 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 6, 193406:41
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 13, 193412:30

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Saturday, May 12, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 1934 to the new moon of May 13, 1934, a cycle of 29.52 days.