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The Moon on Thursday, June 2, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on June 2, 2011Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 June 2011390,291 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 2, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
390,291 km242,515 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 2011 is on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 20:14 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 21:03 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, June 1, 201121:03
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 9, 201102:11

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Thursday, June 2, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 1, 2011 to the new moon of July 1, 2011, a cycle of 29.49 days.