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The Moon on Saturday, June 18, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on June 18, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 June 2005378,266 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 18, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.7% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
378,266 km235,043 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 2005 is on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 04:14 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 21:55 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 15, 200501:22
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 22, 200504:14

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Saturday, June 18, 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.