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The Moon on Friday, June 12, 1942: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on June 12, 1942Waning Crescent

Friday 12 June 1942406,052 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 12, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
406,052 km252,309 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1942 is on Saturday, May 30, 1942 at 05:29 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 13, 1942 at 21:02 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, June 5, 194221:26
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 13, 194221:02

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Friday, June 12, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1942 to the new moon of June 13, 1942, a cycle of 29.64 days.