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The Moon on Thursday, June 6, 1918: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on June 6, 1918Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 June 1918367,619 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 6, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
367,619 km228,428 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1918 is on Saturday, May 25, 1918 at 22:32 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 8, 1918 at 22:02 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, June 2, 191804:20
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 8, 191822:02

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Thursday, June 6, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 1918 to the new moon of June 8, 1918, a cycle of 29.38 days.