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The Moon on Friday, June 1, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on June 1, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 June 2012362,122 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 1, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.3% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
362,122 km225,012 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (30°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 1, 2012 is on Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:47 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 28, 201220:16
Full Moon (after)Monday, June 4, 201211:12

The Moon around June 1

More about this date

Friday, June 1, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 2012 to the new moon of June 19, 2012, a cycle of 29.64 days.