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The Moon on Monday, May 12, 1941: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on May 12, 1941Waning Gibbous

Monday 12 May 1941360,106 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 12, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
360,106 km223,759 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1941 is on Sunday, May 11, 1941 at 05:15 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 26, 1941 at 05:19 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 11, 194105:15
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 18, 194101:17

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Monday, May 12, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 26, 1941 to the new moon of May 26, 1941, a cycle of 29.66 days.