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The Moon on Sunday, June 12, 2005: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on June 12, 2005Waxing Crescent

Sunday 12 June 2005404,659 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 12, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.5% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
404,659 km251,443 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 2005 is on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 04:14 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 21:55 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, June 6, 200521:55
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 15, 200501:22

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Sunday, June 12, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 6, 2005 to the new moon of July 6, 2005, a cycle of 29.59 days.