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The Moon on Thursday, June 18, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on June 18, 1942Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 June 1942398,787 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 18, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.5% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
398,787 km247,795 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1942 is on Sunday, June 28, 1942 at 12:09 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 13, 1942 at 21:02 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Thursday, June 18, 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.