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The Moon on Wednesday, June 20, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on June 20, 1917Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 June 1917397,578 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 20, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
397,578 km247,043 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1917 is on Wednesday, July 4, 1917 at 21:40 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 1917 at 13:02 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 19, 191713:02
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 27, 191716:08

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Wednesday, June 20, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 19, 1917 to the new moon of July 19, 1917, a cycle of 29.58 days.