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The Moon on Wednesday, June 21, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on June 21, 2023Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 21 June 2023404,567 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 21, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.3% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
404,567 km251,386 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 2023 is on Monday, July 3, 2023 at 11:39 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 04:37 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Wednesday, June 21, 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.