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The Moon on Wednesday, June 20, 2018: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 50.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

First Quarter at

10:51UTC

Moon phase on June 20, 2018First Quarter

Wednesday 20 June 2018378,507 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 20, 2018, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.6% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
378,507 km235,193 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (30°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 2018 is on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 04:53 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 19:43 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, June 13, 201819:43
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, June 20, 201810:51
Full Moon (after)Thursday, June 28, 201804:53

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Wednesday, June 20, 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.