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The Moon on Friday, June 29, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 75.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

9.9days

Moon phase on June 29, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Friday 29 June 2012365,733 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 29, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.9% of its visible face lit, 9.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.9 dMoon age
365,733 km227,256 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 2012 is on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 18:52 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 15:02 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Friday, June 29, 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.