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The Moon on Tuesday, July 3, 2012: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Full Moon at

18:52UTC

Moon phase on July 3, 2012Full Moon

Tuesday 3 July 2012364,667 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 3, 2012, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
364,667 km226,594 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Buck Moon, 365,481 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 2012 is on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at 18:52 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 15:02 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 27, 201203:31
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, July 3, 201218:52
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 11, 201201:48

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Tuesday, July 3, 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.