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The Moon on Saturday, June 24, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on June 24, 1944Waxing Crescent

Saturday 24 June 1944400,930 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 24, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.9% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
400,930 km249,126 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1944 is on Thursday, July 6, 1944 at 04:27 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 20, 1944 at 17:00 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Saturday, June 24, 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.