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The Moon on Sunday, June 3, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on June 3, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 June 2012358,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 3, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
358,477 km222,747 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 2012 is on Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at 23:47 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Sunday, June 3, 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.