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The Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 2017: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on June 21, 2017Waning Crescent

Wednesday 21 June 2017361,355 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 21, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.3% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
361,355 km224,535 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 2017 is on Friday, June 9, 2017 at 13:10 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 02:31 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 17, 201711:33
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 24, 201702:31

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Wednesday, June 21, 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.