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The Moon on Thursday, June 6, 2013: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on June 6, 2013Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 June 2013402,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 6, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
402,630 km250,182 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 2013 is on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 04:25 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 15:57 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 31, 201318:58
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 8, 201315:57

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Thursday, June 6, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 10, 2013 to the new moon of June 8, 2013, a cycle of 29.64 days.