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The Moon on Friday, June 6, 1997: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on June 6, 1997Waxing Crescent

Friday 6 June 1997388,547 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 6, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
388,547 km241,432 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1997 is on Friday, June 20, 1997 at 19:09 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 07:04 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 5, 199707:04
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 13, 199704:52

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Friday, June 6, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 5, 1997 to the new moon of July 4, 1997, a cycle of 29.48 days.