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The Moon on Sunday, June 4, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on June 4, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 4 June 2017398,981 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 4, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.3% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
398,981 km247,915 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 4, 2017 is on Friday, June 9, 2017 at 13:10 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 19:45 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 4

More about this date

Sunday, June 4, 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.