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The Moon on Sunday, August 12, 1934: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on August 12, 1934Waxing Crescent

Sunday 12 August 1934402,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 12, 1934, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
402,049 km249,821 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1934 is on Friday, August 24, 1934 at 19:37 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 10, 1934 at 08:46 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 10, 193408:46
First Quarter (after)Saturday, August 18, 193404:33

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Sunday, August 12, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 10, 1934 to the new moon of September 9, 1934, a cycle of 29.65 days.