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The Moon on Saturday, June 16, 1928: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on June 16, 1928Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 June 1928359,851 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 16, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
359,851 km223,601 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1928 is on Sunday, June 3, 1928 at 12:14 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 17, 1928 at 20:42 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 11, 192805:51
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 17, 192820:42

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Saturday, June 16, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1928 to the new moon of June 17, 1928, a cycle of 29.31 days.