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The Moon on Thursday, June 12, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on June 12, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 12 June 2008398,283 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 12, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.4% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
398,283 km247,481 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 2008 is on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 17:31 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 19:23 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 10, 200815:04
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 18, 200817:31

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Thursday, June 12, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 3, 2008 to the new moon of July 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.