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The Moon on Friday, June 21, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on June 21, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Friday 21 June 2024382,258 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 21, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
382,258 km237,524 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 2024 is on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 01:08 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, July 5, 2024 at 22:57 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 14, 202405:19
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 22, 202401:08

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Friday, June 21, 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.