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The Moon on Thursday, June 17, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on June 17, 2021Waxing Crescent

Thursday 17 June 2021380,282 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 17, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.9% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
380,282 km236,296 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 2021 is on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 18:40 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 10:53 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 10, 202110:53
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 18, 202103:54

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Thursday, June 17, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 10, 2021 to the new moon of July 10, 2021, a cycle of 29.60 days.