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The Moon on Saturday, June 17, 2023: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on June 17, 2023Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 June 2023394,704 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 17, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
394,704 km245,258 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 2023 is on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 03:42 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 04:37 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 10, 202319:31
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 18, 202304:37

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Saturday, June 17, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2023 to the new moon of June 18, 2023, a cycle of 29.53 days.