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The Moon on Wednesday, June 24, 2015: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

First Quarter at

11:03UTC

Moon phase on June 24, 2015First Quarter

Wednesday 24 June 2015403,719 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 24, 2015, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.5% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
403,719 km250,860 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 2015 is on Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 02:20 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 14:05 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 16, 201514:05
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, June 24, 201511:03
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 2, 201502:20

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Wednesday, June 24, 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.