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The Moon on Wednesday, June 20, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on June 20, 2012Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 June 2012398,641 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 20, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
398,641 km247,704 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 2012 is on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 18:52 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 15:02 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 19, 201215:02
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 27, 201203:31

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 19, 2012 to the new moon of July 19, 2012, a cycle of 29.56 days.