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The Moon on Thursday, June 22, 2017: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on June 22, 2017Waning Crescent

Thursday 22 June 2017358,774 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 22, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
358,774 km222,932 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 2017 is on Friday, June 9, 2017 at 13:10 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 02:31 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Thursday, June 22, 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.