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The Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 2009: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on June 3, 2009Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 3 June 2009390,183 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 3, 2009, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.9% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
390,183 km242,448 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 2009 is on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 18:12 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at 12:11 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Wednesday, June 3, 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.