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The Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 1937: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on May 12, 1937Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 May 1937360,216 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 12, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
360,216 km223,828 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1937 is on Tuesday, May 25, 1937 at 07:38 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 10, 1937 at 13:18 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 10, 193713:18
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 17, 193706:49

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Wednesday, May 12, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1937 to the new moon of June 8, 1937, a cycle of 29.31 days.