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The Moon on Friday, June 12, 2009: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on June 12, 2009Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 June 2009404,244 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 12, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
404,244 km251,186 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 2009 is on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 18:12 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:35 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, June 7, 200918:12
Last Quarter (after)Monday, June 15, 200922:15

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Friday, June 12, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 2009 to the new moon of June 22, 2009, a cycle of 29.31 days.