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The Moon on Sunday, June 12, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on June 12, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 12 June 2011367,264 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 12, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.8% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
367,264 km228,207 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 2011 is on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 20:14 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 21:03 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, June 9, 201102:11
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 15, 201120:14

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Sunday, June 12, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 1, 2011 to the new moon of July 1, 2011, a cycle of 29.49 days.