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The Moon on Friday, June 17, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on June 17, 2011Waning Gibbous

Friday 17 June 2011381,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 17, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
381,788 km237,232 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 2011 is on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 20:14 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 08:54 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, June 15, 201120:14
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, June 23, 201111:49

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Friday, June 17, 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.