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The Moon on Friday, June 15, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on June 15, 2018Waxing Crescent

Friday 15 June 2018359,716 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 15, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
359,716 km223,517 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 2018 is on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 04:53 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 19:43 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, June 13, 201819:43
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 20, 201810:51

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Friday, June 15, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 13, 2018 to the new moon of July 13, 2018, a cycle of 29.29 days.