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The Moon on Tuesday, June 12, 2012: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 03°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on June 12, 2012Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 June 2012399,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 12, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.8% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
399,158 km248,025 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 2012 is on Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 15:02 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 11, 201210:42
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 19, 201215:02

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 2012 to the new moon of June 19, 2012, a cycle of 29.64 days.