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The Moon on Thursday, June 29, 2017: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on June 29, 2017Waxing Crescent

Thursday 29 June 2017383,953 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 29, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.5% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
383,953 km238,577 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 2017 is on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 04:07 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 02:31 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Thursday, June 29, 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.