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The Moon on Thursday, June 28, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 65.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 24°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on June 28, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 June 2012368,919 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 28, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.3% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
368,919 km229,236 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 2012 is on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 18:52 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 15:02 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 27, 201203:31
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 3, 201218:52

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Thursday, June 28, 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.