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The Moon on Friday, June 22, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on June 22, 2012Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 June 2012392,373 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 22, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.2% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
392,373 km243,809 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 2012 is on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 18:52 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 15:02 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Friday, June 22, 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.