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The Moon on Saturday, June 9, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 69.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on June 9, 2012Waning Gibbous

Saturday 9 June 2012383,673 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 9, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.6% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
383,673 km238,403 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 9, 2012 is on Monday, June 4, 2012 at 11:12 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 15:02 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around June 9

More about this date

Saturday, June 9, 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.