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The Moon on Thursday, June 8, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on June 8, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 8 June 2017406,327 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 8, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
406,327 km252,480 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 2017 is on Friday, June 9, 2017 at 13:10 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 19:45 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Thursday, June 8, 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.