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The Moon on Sunday, July 1, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on July 1, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 1 July 2012362,401 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 1, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
362,401 km225,186 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 1, 2012 is on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 18:52 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 15:02 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 1

More about this date

Sunday, July 1, 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.