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The Moon on Friday, June 22, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on June 22, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 June 2018388,149 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 22, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.2% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
388,149 km241,185 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 2018 is on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 04:53 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 19:43 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 20, 201810:51
Full Moon (after)Thursday, June 28, 201804:53

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Friday, June 22, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 13, 2018 to the new moon of July 13, 2018, a cycle of 29.29 days.