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The Moon on Saturday, June 23, 2001: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on June 23, 2001Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 June 2001363,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 23, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
363,158 km225,656 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 2001 is on Thursday, July 5, 2001 at 15:04 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 21, 2001 at 11:58 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 21, 200111:58
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 28, 200103:20

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Saturday, June 23, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 21, 2001 to the new moon of July 20, 2001, a cycle of 29.32 days.