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The Moon on Friday, October 12, 1934: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on October 12, 1934Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 October 1934378,445 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 12, 1934, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.4% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
378,445 km235,155 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1934 is on Monday, October 22, 1934 at 15:01 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 8, 1934 at 15:05 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 8, 193415:05
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 15, 193419:29

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Friday, October 12, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 8, 1934 to the new moon of November 7, 1934, a cycle of 29.57 days.