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The Moon on Sunday, June 24, 2012: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on June 24, 2012Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 June 2012384,949 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 24, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.8% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
384,949 km239,196 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (0°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 2012 is on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 18:52 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 15:02 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Sunday, June 24, 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.