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The Moon on Thursday, June 24, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on June 24, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 24 June 2010388,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 24, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
388,422 km241,354 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 2010 is on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 11:31 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 11:15 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, June 19, 201004:30
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 26, 201011:31

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Thursday, June 24, 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.