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The Moon on Friday, June 23, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on June 23, 2023Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 June 2023405,084 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 23, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.4% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
405,084 km251,707 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 2023 is on Monday, July 3, 2023 at 11:39 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 04:37 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Friday, June 23, 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.