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The Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on June 8, 2016Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 8 June 2016379,154 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 8, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.7% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
379,154 km235,596 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 2016 is on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 11:02 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 03:00 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 5, 201603:00
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 12, 201608:10

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Wednesday, June 8, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 5, 2016 to the new moon of July 4, 2016, a cycle of 29.33 days.