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The Moon on Saturday, June 27, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on June 27, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 June 2015395,467 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 27, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.8% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
395,467 km245,732 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 2015 is on Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 02:20 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 14:05 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 24, 201511:03
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 2, 201502:20

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Saturday, June 27, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 16, 2015 to the new moon of July 16, 2015, a cycle of 29.47 days.