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The Moon on Thursday, June 12, 1975: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on June 12, 1975Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 June 1975371,193 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 12, 1975, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.2% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
371,193 km230,649 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1975 is on Monday, June 23, 1975 at 16:54 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 9, 1975 at 18:49 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, June 9, 197518:49
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 16, 197514:58

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Thursday, June 12, 1975 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 9, 1975 to the new moon of July 9, 1975, a cycle of 29.39 days.