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The Moon on Wednesday, June 16, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on June 16, 1926Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 16 June 1926404,555 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 16, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.8% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
404,555 km251,379 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1926 is on Friday, June 25, 1926 at 21:13 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 10, 1926 at 10:08 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, June 10, 192610:08
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 18, 192611:14

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Wednesday, June 16, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 10, 1926 to the new moon of July 9, 1926, a cycle of 29.54 days.