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The Moon on Friday, June 3, 2016: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on June 3, 2016Waning Crescent

Friday 3 June 2016361,133 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 3, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
361,133 km224,397 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 2016 is on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 21:15 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 03:00 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Friday, June 3, 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.