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The Moon on Wednesday, June 29, 2011: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on June 29, 2011Waning Crescent

Wednesday 29 June 2011389,786 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 29, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
389,786 km242,201 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 2011 is on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 20:14 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 08:54 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Wednesday, June 29, 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.