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The Moon on Friday, June 15, 2012: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on June 15, 2012Waning Crescent

Friday 15 June 2012405,627 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 15, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.8% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
405,627 km252,045 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 11, 201210:42
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 19, 201215:02

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Friday, June 15, 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.