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The Moon on Sunday, June 22, 1941: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on June 22, 1941Waning Crescent

Sunday 22 June 1941403,053 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 22, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
403,053 km250,446 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1941 is on Monday, June 9, 1941 at 12:34 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 24, 1941 at 19:22 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 16, 194115:45
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 24, 194119:22

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Sunday, June 22, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 26, 1941 to the new moon of June 24, 1941, a cycle of 29.59 days.