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The Moon on Thursday, June 21, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on June 21, 1928Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 June 1928377,919 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 21, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.2% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
377,919 km234,828 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1928 is on Tuesday, July 3, 1928 at 02:49 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 17, 1928 at 20:42 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 17, 192820:42
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 24, 192822:47

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Thursday, June 21, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 17, 1928 to the new moon of July 17, 1928, a cycle of 29.33 days.