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The Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on June 2, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 2 June 2009386,188 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 2, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.5% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
386,188 km239,966 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 2009 is on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 18:12 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 12:11 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, May 31, 200903:22
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 7, 200918:12

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 2009 to the new moon of June 22, 2009, a cycle of 29.31 days.