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The Moon on Saturday, May 12, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

30.0days

Moon phase on May 12, 1945Waxing Crescent

Saturday 12 May 1945361,913 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 12, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
361,913 km224,882 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1945 is on Sunday, May 27, 1945 at 01:49 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 11, 1945 at 20:22 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 11, 194520:22
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 18, 194522:12

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Saturday, May 12, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 1945 to the new moon of June 10, 1945, a cycle of 29.34 days.