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The Moon on Wednesday, June 7, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on June 7, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 7 June 2017405,671 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 7, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
405,671 km252,072 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around June 7

More about this date

Wednesday, June 7, 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.