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The Moon on Sunday, June 6, 2021: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on June 6, 2021Waning Crescent

Sunday 6 June 2021405,122 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 6, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.5% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
405,122 km251,731 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 2021 is on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 11:14 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 10:53 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Sunday, June 6, 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.