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The Moon on Thursday, June 1, 2017: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

First Quarter at

12:42UTC

Moon phase on June 1, 2017First Quarter

Thursday 1 June 2017384,907 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 1, 2017, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
384,907 km239,170 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 1, 2017 is on Friday, June 9, 2017 at 13:10 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 19:45 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 25, 201719:45
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, June 1, 201712:42
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 9, 201713:10

The Moon around June 1

More about this date

Thursday, June 1, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 25, 2017 to the new moon of June 24, 2017, a cycle of 29.28 days.