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The Moon on Saturday, June 8, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on June 8, 2024Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 June 2024385,075 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 8, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
385,075 km239,274 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 2024 is on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 01:08 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 12:38 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 6, 202412:38
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 14, 202405:19

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Saturday, June 8, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 6, 2024 to the new moon of July 5, 2024, a cycle of 29.43 days.