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The Moon on Saturday, June 23, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on June 23, 2012Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 June 2012388,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 23, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.7% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
388,788 km241,582 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 2012 is on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 18:52 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 15:02 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Saturday, June 23, 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.