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The Moon on Thursday, June 17, 1920: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on June 17, 1920Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 June 1920357,978 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 17, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
357,978 km222,437 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1920 is on Thursday, July 1, 1920 at 08:41 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 16, 1920 at 13:41 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, June 16, 192013:41
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 23, 192006:49

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Thursday, June 17, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 16, 1920 to the new moon of July 15, 1920, a cycle of 29.28 days.