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The Moon on Friday, June 18, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on June 18, 2010Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 June 2010369,728 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 18, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.3% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
369,728 km229,738 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 2010 is on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 11:31 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 11:15 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Friday, June 18, 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.