Waxing · 51.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°
First Quarter at
08:10UTC
Moon phase on June 12, 2016First Quarter
On Sunday, June 12, 2016, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.7% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
51.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
399,746 km248,391 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to June 12, 2016 is on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 11:02 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 03:00 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, June 5, 2016 | 03:00 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Sunday, June 12, 2016 | 08:10 |
| Full Moon (after) | Monday, June 20, 2016 | 11:02 |
The Moon around June 12
More about this date
Sunday, June 12, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 5, 2016 to the new moon of July 4, 2016, a cycle of 29.33 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in June 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.