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The Moon on Wednesday, June 28, 1916: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on June 28, 1916Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 June 1916404,062 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 28, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.5% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
404,062 km251,073 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1916 is on Thursday, June 15, 1916 at 21:41 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 30, 1916 at 10:43 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 22, 191613:16
New Moon (after)Friday, June 30, 191610:43

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Wednesday, June 28, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 31, 1916 to the new moon of June 30, 1916, a cycle of 29.63 days.