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The Moon on Saturday, May 12, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 33.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on May 12, 1951Waxing Crescent

Saturday 12 May 1951401,752 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 12, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.6% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
401,752 km249,637 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1951 is on Monday, May 21, 1951 at 05:45 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 6, 1951 at 01:36 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 6, 195101:36
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 14, 195105:32

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Saturday, May 12, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1951 to the new moon of June 4, 1951, a cycle of 29.63 days.