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The Moon on Tuesday, June 5, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on June 5, 2018Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 June 2018401,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 5, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.4% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
401,049 km249,200 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 2018 is on Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 14:20 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 19:43 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 29, 201814:20
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 6, 201818:32

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 2018 to the new moon of June 13, 2018, a cycle of 29.33 days.