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The Moon on Friday, June 21, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on June 21, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Friday 21 June 2013360,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 21, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
360,661 km224,104 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 2013 is on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 11:32 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 15:57 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Friday, June 21, 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.