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The Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 22°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on June 3, 2015Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 3 June 2015381,657 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 3, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
381,657 km237,150 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (23°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 2015 is on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 16:19 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 14:05 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, June 2, 201516:19
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 9, 201515:42

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Wednesday, June 3, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2015 to the new moon of June 16, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.