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The Moon on Thursday, June 15, 2056: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on June 15, 2056Waxing Crescent

Thursday 15 June 2056392,965 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 15, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
392,965 km244,177 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 2056 is on Tuesday, June 27, 2056 at 09:48 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 13, 2056 at 07:04 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 13, 205607:04
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 20, 205618:48

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Thursday, June 15, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 13, 2056 to the new moon of July 12, 2056, a cycle of 29.55 days.