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The Moon on Tuesday, June 18, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on June 18, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 18 June 2024395,244 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 18, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.7% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
395,244 km245,593 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 2024 is on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 01:08 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 12:38 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 14, 202405:19
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 22, 202401:08

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Tuesday, June 18, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 6, 2024 to the new moon of July 5, 2024, a cycle of 29.43 days.