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The Moon on Wednesday, June 23, 1909: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on June 23, 1909Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 23 June 1909401,713 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 23, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.0% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
401,713 km249,613 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1909 is on Saturday, July 3, 1909 at 12:17 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 17, 1909 at 23:28 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 17, 190923:28
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 25, 190918:43

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Wednesday, June 23, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 17, 1909 to the new moon of July 17, 1909, a cycle of 29.47 days.