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The Moon on Tuesday, June 15, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on June 15, 2010Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 15 June 2010365,932 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 15, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.1% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
365,932 km227,380 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 2010 is on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 11:31 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 11:15 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 12, 201011:15
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 19, 201004:30

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Tuesday, June 15, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 12, 2010 to the new moon of July 11, 2010, a cycle of 29.35 days.