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The Moon on Saturday, June 30, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on June 30, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 30 June 2012363,460 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 30, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.3% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
363,460 km225,843 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 30, 2012 is on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 18:52 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 15:02 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 30

More about this date

Saturday, June 30, 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.