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The Moon on Saturday, June 17, 1944: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on June 17, 1944Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 June 1944376,885 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 17, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.8% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
376,885 km234,185 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1944 is on Tuesday, June 6, 1944 at 18:58 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 20, 1944 at 17:00 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 13, 194415:56
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 20, 194417:00

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Saturday, June 17, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 1944 to the new moon of June 20, 1944, a cycle of 29.45 days.