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The Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on June 17, 1942Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 June 1942401,852 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 17, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
401,852 km249,699 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1942 is on Sunday, June 28, 1942 at 12:09 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 13, 1942 at 21:02 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 13, 194221:02
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 21, 194220:45

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Wednesday, June 17, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 13, 1942 to the new moon of July 13, 1942, a cycle of 29.63 days.