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The Moon on Saturday, May 12, 1984: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on May 12, 1984Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 May 1984365,672 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 12, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
365,672 km227,218 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1984 is on Tuesday, May 15, 1984 at 04:29 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 1, 1984 at 03:46 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 8, 198411:50
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, May 15, 198404:29

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Saturday, May 12, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 1984 to the new moon of May 30, 1984, a cycle of 29.54 days.