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The Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on June 21, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 21 June 2005363,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 21, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
363,085 km225,611 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 2005 is on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 04:14 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 21:55 UTC, 15 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Tuesday, June 21, 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.