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The Moon on Thursday, June 17, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 40.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on June 17, 1926Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 June 1926403,955 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 17, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 40.9% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

40.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
403,955 km251,006 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1926 is on Friday, June 25, 1926 at 21:13 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 10, 1926 at 10:08 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 10, 192610:08
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 18, 192611:14

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Thursday, June 17, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 10, 1926 to the new moon of July 9, 1926, a cycle of 29.54 days.