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The Moon on Tuesday, June 23, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on June 23, 2020Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 June 2020380,091 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 23, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.6% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
380,091 km236,178 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 2020 is on Sunday, July 5, 2020 at 04:44 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 06:42 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 21, 202006:42
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 28, 202008:16

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Tuesday, June 23, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 21, 2020 to the new moon of July 20, 2020, a cycle of 29.45 days.