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The Moon on Wednesday, June 23, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on June 23, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 June 2021359,954 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 23, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
359,954 km223,665 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 2021 is on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 18:40 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 10:53 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Wednesday, June 23, 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.