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The Moon on Monday, June 5, 2000: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on June 5, 2000Waxing Crescent

Monday 5 June 2000362,279 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 5, 2000, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.9% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
362,279 km225,110 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 2000 is on Friday, June 16, 2000 at 22:27 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 2, 2000 at 12:14 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, June 2, 200012:14
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 9, 200003:29

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Monday, June 5, 2000 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 2, 2000 to the new moon of July 1, 2000, a cycle of 29.30 days.