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The Moon on Tuesday, June 20, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on June 20, 2023Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 20 June 2023402,939 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 20, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
402,939 km250,375 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 2023 is on Monday, July 3, 2023 at 11:39 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 04:37 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 18, 202304:37
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 26, 202307:50

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Tuesday, June 20, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 18, 2023 to the new moon of July 17, 2023, a cycle of 29.58 days.