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The Moon on Thursday, June 5, 2014: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

First Quarter at

20:39UTC

Moon phase on June 5, 2014First Quarter

Thursday 5 June 2014401,698 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 5, 2014, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.7% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
401,698 km249,603 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 2014 is on Friday, June 13, 2014 at 04:12 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 18:40 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 28, 201418:40
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, June 5, 201420:39
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 13, 201404:12

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Thursday, June 5, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 28, 2014 to the new moon of June 27, 2014, a cycle of 29.56 days.