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The Moon on Friday, June 2, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on June 2, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Friday 2 June 2017390,317 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 2, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.1% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
390,317 km242,532 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 2017 is on Friday, June 9, 2017 at 13:10 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 19:45 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, June 1, 201712:42
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 9, 201713:10

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Friday, June 2, 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.