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The Moon on Tuesday, June 28, 2011: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on June 28, 2011Waning Crescent

Tuesday 28 June 2011394,009 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 28, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.8% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
394,009 km244,826 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 2011 is on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 20:14 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 08:54 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 23, 201111:49
New Moon (after)Friday, July 1, 201108:54

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Tuesday, June 28, 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.