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The Moon on Tuesday, June 12, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on June 12, 1945Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 June 1945377,726 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 12, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.9% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
377,726 km234,708 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1945 is on Monday, June 25, 1945 at 15:08 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 10, 1945 at 04:26 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 10, 194504:26
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 17, 194514:06

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Tuesday, June 12, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 10, 1945 to the new moon of July 9, 1945, a cycle of 29.38 days.