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The Moon on Sunday, June 16, 1929: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 72.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on June 16, 1929Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 16 June 1929393,640 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 16, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.9% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
393,640 km244,596 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1929 is on Saturday, June 22, 1929 at 04:15 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 7, 1929 at 13:56 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 14, 192905:14
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 22, 192904:15

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Sunday, June 16, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 7, 1929 to the new moon of July 6, 1929, a cycle of 29.29 days.