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The Moon on Friday, May 12, 1995: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on May 12, 1995Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 May 1995366,751 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 12, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.1% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
366,751 km227,888 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 12, 1995 is on Sunday, May 14, 1995 at 20:48 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 29, 1995 at 17:37 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 7, 199521:44
Full Moon (after)Sunday, May 14, 199520:48

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Friday, May 12, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 29, 1995 to the new moon of May 29, 1995, a cycle of 29.66 days.