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The Moon on Monday, June 17, 1912: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on June 17, 1912Waxing Crescent

Monday 17 June 1912360,780 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 17, 1912, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.5% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
360,780 km224,178 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1912 is on Saturday, June 29, 1912 at 13:34 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 15, 1912 at 06:23 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Monday, June 17, 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.