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The Moon on Sunday, June 5, 2022: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on June 5, 2022Waxing Crescent

Sunday 5 June 2022400,619 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 5, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.7% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
400,619 km248,933 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 2022 is on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 11:52 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:31 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Sunday, June 5, 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.