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The Moon on Wednesday, June 12, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on June 12, 2024Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 June 2024401,377 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 12, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.0% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
401,377 km249,404 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 2024 is on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 01:08 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 12:38 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 6, 202412:38
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 14, 202405:19

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 6, 2024 to the new moon of July 5, 2024, a cycle of 29.43 days.