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The Moon on Thursday, May 12, 1994: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on May 12, 1994Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 May 1994402,590 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 12, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
402,590 km250,158 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1994 is on Wednesday, May 25, 1994 at 03:39 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 10, 1994 at 17:07 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 10, 199417:07
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, May 18, 199412:50

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Thursday, May 12, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1994 to the new moon of June 9, 1994, a cycle of 29.64 days.