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The Moon on Saturday, June 4, 2016: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on June 4, 2016Waning Crescent

Saturday 4 June 2016362,018 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 4, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
362,018 km224,948 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 4, 2016 is on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at 21:15 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 03:00 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 4

More about this date

Saturday, June 4, 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.