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The Moon on Monday, June 21, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 84.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on June 21, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Monday 21 June 2021362,871 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 21, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.9% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
362,871 km225,477 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 2021 is on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 18:40 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 10:53 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 18, 202103:54
Full Moon (after)Thursday, June 24, 202118:40

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Monday, June 21, 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.