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The Moon on Friday, June 18, 2021: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

First Quarter at

03:54UTC

Moon phase on June 18, 2021First Quarter

Friday 18 June 2021375,402 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 18, 2021, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.9% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
375,402 km233,264 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 2021 is on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 18:40 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 10:53 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 10, 202110:53
First Quarter (this day)Friday, June 18, 202103:54
Full Moon (after)Thursday, June 24, 202118:40

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Friday, June 18, 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.