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The Moon on Saturday, June 11, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on June 11, 2016Waxing Crescent

Saturday 11 June 2016395,681 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 11, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.9% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
395,681 km245,865 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 11, 2016 is on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 11:02 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 03:00 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 11

More about this date

Saturday, June 11, 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.