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The Moon on Friday, June 8, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on June 8, 2012Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 June 2012377,484 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 8, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.1% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
377,484 km234,557 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 2012 is on Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 15:02 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, June 4, 201211:12
Last Quarter (after)Monday, June 11, 201210:42

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Friday, June 8, 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.