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The Moon on Saturday, June 22, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on June 22, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 22 June 2013357,897 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 22, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
357,897 km222,387 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 2013 is on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 11:32 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 15:57 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Saturday, June 22, 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.