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The Moon on Thursday, June 12, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on June 12, 1986Waxing Crescent

Thursday 12 June 1986396,395 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 12, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.2% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
396,395 km246,309 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (16°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1986 is on Sunday, June 22, 1986 at 03:42 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 7, 1986 at 14:01 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 7, 198614:01
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 15, 198612:00

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Thursday, June 12, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 7, 1986 to the new moon of July 7, 1986, a cycle of 29.62 days.