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The Moon on Tuesday, June 12, 2018: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on June 12, 2018Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 June 2018364,856 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 12, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
364,856 km226,711 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 2018 is on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 14:20 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 19:43 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 6, 201818:32
New Moon (after)Wednesday, June 13, 201819:43

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 2018 to the new moon of June 13, 2018, a cycle of 29.33 days.