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The Moon on Friday, June 6, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on June 6, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 June 2014398,296 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 6, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.3% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
398,296 km247,490 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 2014 is on Friday, June 13, 2014 at 04:12 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 18:40 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, June 5, 201420:39
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 13, 201404:12

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Friday, June 6, 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.