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The Moon on Wednesday, June 12, 2002: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on June 12, 2002Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 June 2002381,138 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 12, 2002, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
381,138 km236,828 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 2002 is on Monday, June 24, 2002 at 21:42 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 10, 2002 at 23:47 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, June 10, 200223:47
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 18, 200200:29

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Wednesday, June 12, 2002 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 10, 2002 to the new moon of July 10, 2002, a cycle of 29.44 days.