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The Moon on Wednesday, June 4, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

30.0days

Moon phase on June 4, 2008Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 4 June 2008358,120 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 4, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
358,120 km222,526 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 4, 2008 is on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 17:31 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 19:23 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 3, 200819:23
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 10, 200815:04

The Moon around June 4

More about this date

Wednesday, June 4, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 3, 2008 to the new moon of July 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.