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The Moon on Wednesday, June 12, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on June 12, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 June 1946406,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 12, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
406,039 km252,301 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1946 is on Friday, June 14, 1946 at 18:42 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 30, 1946 at 20:49 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, June 6, 194616:07
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 14, 194618:42

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Wednesday, June 12, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 30, 1946 to the new moon of June 29, 1946, a cycle of 29.30 days.