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The Moon on Monday, June 18, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on June 18, 2018Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 June 2018368,665 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 18, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.8% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
368,665 km229,078 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 2018 is on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 04:53 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 19:43 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Monday, June 18, 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.