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The Moon on Sunday, June 16, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on June 16, 1912Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 June 1912360,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 16, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
360,264 km223,858 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1912 is on Saturday, June 29, 1912 at 13:34 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 15, 1912 at 06:23 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 15, 191206:23
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 21, 191220:39

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Sunday, June 16, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 15, 1912 to the new moon of July 14, 1912, a cycle of 29.28 days.