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The Moon on Wednesday, June 5, 2024: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on June 5, 2024Waning Crescent

Wednesday 5 June 2024372,811 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
372,811 km231,654 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 2024 is on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 13:53 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 12:38 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 30, 202417:13
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 6, 202412:38

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 8, 2024 to the new moon of June 6, 2024, a cycle of 29.39 days.