Waxing · 23.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°
Moon age
4.9days
Moon phase on June 21, 2015Waxing Crescent
On Sunday, June 21, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.4% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.
23.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
401,176 km249,279 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to June 21, 2015 is on Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 02:20 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 14:05 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, June 16, 2015 | 14:05 |
| First Quarter (after) | Wednesday, June 24, 2015 | 11:03 |
The Moon around June 21
More about this date
Sunday, June 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in June 2015, or the whole moon calendar 2015.
- The same date one year apart: 2014 · 2016.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.