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The Moon on Thursday, June 2, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on June 2, 2022Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 June 2022406,095 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 2, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
406,095 km252,336 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 2022 is on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 11:52 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:31 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 30, 202211:31
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 7, 202214:49

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Thursday, June 2, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 30, 2022 to the new moon of June 29, 2022, a cycle of 29.64 days.