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The Moon on Tuesday, June 5, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on June 5, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 5 June 2001388,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 5, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
388,755 km241,561 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 2001 is on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at 01:39 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 23, 2001 at 02:46 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 29, 200122:09
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 6, 200101:39

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Tuesday, June 5, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 2001 to the new moon of June 21, 2001, a cycle of 29.38 days.