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The Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on June 21, 1944Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 21 June 1944390,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 21, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
390,608 km242,712 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1944 is on Thursday, July 6, 1944 at 04:27 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 20, 1944 at 17:00 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 20, 194417:00
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 28, 194417:27

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Wednesday, June 21, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 20, 1944 to the new moon of July 20, 1944, a cycle of 29.53 days.