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The Moon on Wednesday, June 28, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 24.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on June 28, 2017Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 28 June 2017377,765 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 28, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.7% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
377,765 km234,732 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 2017 is on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 04:07 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 02:31 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 24, 201702:31
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 1, 201700:51

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Wednesday, June 28, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 24, 2017 to the new moon of July 23, 2017, a cycle of 29.30 days.