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The Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on June 17, 2015Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 17 June 2015386,063 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 17, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
386,063 km239,888 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 2015 is on Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 02:20 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 14:05 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 16, 201514:05
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 24, 201511:03

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Wednesday, June 17, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 16, 2015 to the new moon of July 16, 2015, a cycle of 29.47 days.