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The Moon on Thursday, June 18, 2020: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on June 18, 2020Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 June 2020398,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 18, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
398,231 km247,449 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 2020 is on Friday, June 5, 2020 at 19:12 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 06:42 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 13, 202006:24
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 21, 202006:42

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Thursday, June 18, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 2020 to the new moon of June 21, 2020, a cycle of 29.54 days.