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The Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1937: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

First Quarter at

15:47UTC

Moon phase on October 12, 1937First Quarter

Tuesday 12 October 1937400,465 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 12, 1937, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.6% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
400,465 km248,837 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1937 is on Tuesday, October 19, 1937 at 21:48 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 4, 1937 at 11:58 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 4, 193711:58
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, October 12, 193715:47
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 19, 193721:48

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Tuesday, October 12, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 4, 1937 to the new moon of November 3, 1937, a cycle of 29.68 days.