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The Moon on Wednesday, June 1, 2016: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on June 1, 2016Waning Crescent

Wednesday 1 June 2016363,960 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 1, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.3% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
363,960 km226,154 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 1, 2016 is on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 21:15 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 03:00 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 29, 201612:12
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 5, 201603:00

The Moon around June 1

More about this date

Wednesday, June 1, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 2016 to the new moon of June 5, 2016, a cycle of 29.31 days.