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The Moon on Saturday, June 12, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on June 12, 2021Waxing Crescent

Saturday 12 June 2021399,796 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 12, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
399,796 km248,422 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 2021 is on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 18:40 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 10:53 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 10, 202110:53
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 18, 202103:54

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Saturday, June 12, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 10, 2021 to the new moon of July 10, 2021, a cycle of 29.60 days.