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The Moon on Saturday, June 23, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on June 23, 1917Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 June 1917404,399 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 23, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.3% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
404,399 km251,282 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1917 is on Wednesday, July 4, 1917 at 21:40 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 1917 at 13:02 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Saturday, June 23, 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.