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The Moon on Friday, June 2, 2006: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on June 2, 2006Waxing Crescent

Friday 2 June 2006402,505 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 2, 2006, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.4% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
402,505 km250,105 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 2006 is on Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 18:03 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 05:26 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 27, 200605:26
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 3, 200623:06

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Friday, June 2, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 2006 to the new moon of June 25, 2006, a cycle of 29.44 days.