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The Moon on Saturday, June 23, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on June 23, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 June 2018392,364 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 23, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.0% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
392,364 km243,803 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 2018 is on Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 04:53 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 19:43 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Saturday, June 23, 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.