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The Moon on Thursday, June 9, 2011: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

First Quarter at

02:11UTC

Moon phase on June 9, 2011First Quarter

Thursday 9 June 2011369,797 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 9, 2011, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.8% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
369,797 km229,781 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 9, 2011 is on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 20:14 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 21:03 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, June 1, 201121:03
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, June 9, 201102:11
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 15, 201120:14

The Moon around June 9

More about this date

Thursday, June 9, 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.