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The Moon on Thursday, June 20, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on June 20, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 June 2013364,969 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 20, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.3% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
364,969 km226,781 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 2013 is on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 11:32 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 15:57 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, June 16, 201317:24
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 23, 201311:32

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Thursday, June 20, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 8, 2013 to the new moon of July 8, 2013, a cycle of 29.64 days.