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The Moon on Thursday, June 22, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on June 22, 2023Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 June 2023405,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 22, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.7% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
405,336 km251,864 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 2023 is on Monday, July 3, 2023 at 11:39 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 04:37 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Thursday, June 22, 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.