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The Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on May 12, 1948Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 May 1948372,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 12, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.7% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
372,566 km231,502 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1948 is on Sunday, May 23, 1948 at 00:37 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 9, 1948 at 02:30 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 9, 194802:30
First Quarter (after)Sunday, May 16, 194800:55

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Wednesday, May 12, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 1948 to the new moon of June 7, 1948, a cycle of 29.43 days.