Skip to content
The Moon on Tuesday, June 12, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 6.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on June 12, 2040Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 12 June 2040406,099 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 12, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 6.8% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
406,099 km252,338 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 2040 is on Sunday, June 24, 2040 at 19:19 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 9, 2040 at 18:03 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 9, 204018:03
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 17, 204021:32

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Tuesday, June 12, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 9, 2040 to the new moon of July 9, 2040, a cycle of 29.63 days.