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The Moon on Wednesday, June 18, 2053: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on June 18, 2053Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 June 2053359,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 18, 2053, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
359,898 km223,630 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 2053 is on Tuesday, July 1, 2053 at 02:01 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 16, 2053 at 10:51 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, June 16, 205310:51
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 23, 205302:55

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Wednesday, June 18, 2053 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 16, 2053 to the new moon of July 15, 2053, a cycle of 29.27 days.