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The Moon on Friday, June 23, 2017: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on June 23, 2017Waning Crescent

Friday 23 June 2017357,931 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 23, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
357,931 km222,408 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 2017 is on Friday, June 9, 2017 at 13:10 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 02:31 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Friday, June 23, 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.