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The Moon on Thursday, June 17, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on June 17, 2010Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 June 2010367,665 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 17, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.1% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
367,665 km228,457 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 2010 is on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 11:31 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 11:15 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 12, 201011:15
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 19, 201004:30

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Thursday, June 17, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 12, 2010 to the new moon of July 11, 2010, a cycle of 29.35 days.