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The Moon on Monday, June 6, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 22.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on June 6, 2011Waxing Crescent

Monday 6 June 2011377,096 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 6, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.5% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
377,096 km234,317 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 2011 is on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 20:14 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 21:03 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Monday, June 6, 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.