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The Moon on Saturday, June 2, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on June 2, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 2 June 2012359,474 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 2, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
359,474 km223,367 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 2012 is on Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:47 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Saturday, June 2, 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.