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The Moon on Wednesday, June 5, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on June 5, 2019Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 5 June 2019371,067 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 5, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
371,067 km230,570 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 2019 is on Monday, June 17, 2019 at 08:31 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 3, 2019 at 10:02 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, June 3, 201910:02
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 10, 201905:59

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Wednesday, June 5, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 3, 2019 to the new moon of July 2, 2019, a cycle of 29.38 days.