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The Moon on Monday, June 9, 2008: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on June 9, 2008Waxing Crescent

Monday 9 June 2008382,796 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 9, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.4% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
382,796 km237,859 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 9, 2008 is on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 17:31 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 19:23 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 9

More about this date

Monday, June 9, 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.