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The Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 2022: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 59.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on June 8, 2022Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 8 June 2022386,271 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 8, 2022, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 59.2% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
386,271 km240,018 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 2022 is on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 11:52 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:31 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 7, 202214:49
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 14, 202211:52

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Wednesday, June 8, 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.