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The Moon on Wednesday, June 12, 1940: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on June 12, 1940Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 June 1940370,488 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 12, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.4% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
370,488 km230,211 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1940 is on Wednesday, June 19, 1940 at 23:02 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 1940 at 01:05 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 6, 194001:05
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 13, 194001:59

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Wednesday, June 12, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 6, 1940 to the new moon of July 5, 1940, a cycle of 29.43 days.