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The Moon on Thursday, June 23, 2011: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Last Quarter at

11:49UTC

Moon phase on June 23, 2011Last Quarter

Thursday 23 June 2011403,968 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 23, 2011, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
403,968 km251,014 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 2011 is on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 20:14 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 08:54 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, June 15, 201120:14
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, June 23, 201111:49
New Moon (after)Friday, July 1, 201108:54

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Thursday, June 23, 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.