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The Moon on Saturday, June 5, 2021: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on June 5, 2021Waning Crescent

Saturday 5 June 2021403,222 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 5, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.7% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
403,222 km250,551 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 2021 is on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 11:14 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 10:53 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 2, 202107:25
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 10, 202110:53

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Saturday, June 5, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 11, 2021 to the new moon of June 10, 2021, a cycle of 29.66 days.