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The Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 2026: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on June 2, 2026Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 2 June 2026405,745 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 2, 2026, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
405,745 km252,118 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 2026 is on Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 08:45 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 15, 2026 at 02:54 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 31, 202608:45
Last Quarter (after)Monday, June 8, 202610:00

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 2026 to the new moon of June 15, 2026, a cycle of 29.29 days.