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The Moon on Friday, June 12, 1953: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on June 12, 1953Waxing Crescent

Friday 12 June 1953385,128 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 12, 1953, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
385,128 km239,307 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1953 is on Saturday, June 27, 1953 at 03:29 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 11, 1953 at 14:55 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 11, 195314:55
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 19, 195312:01

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Friday, June 12, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 11, 1953 to the new moon of July 11, 1953, a cycle of 29.48 days.