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The Moon on Tuesday, June 12, 1951: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

First Quarter at

18:52UTC

Moon phase on June 12, 1951First Quarter

Tuesday 12 June 1951388,846 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 12, 1951, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.2% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
388,846 km241,618 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1951 is on Tuesday, June 19, 1951 at 12:36 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 4, 1951 at 16:41 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, June 4, 195116:41
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, June 12, 195118:52
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 19, 195112:36

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Tuesday, June 12, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 4, 1951 to the new moon of July 4, 1951, a cycle of 29.63 days.