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The Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 1931: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

New Moon at

03:02UTC

Moon phase on June 16, 1931New Moon

Tuesday 16 June 1931379,780 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 16, 1931, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.9 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.9 dMoon age
379,780 km235,984 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1931 is on Tuesday, June 30, 1931 at 00:47 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 16, 1931 at 03:02 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 8, 193106:18
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, June 16, 193103:02
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 23, 193100:23

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Tuesday, June 16, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 16, 1931 to the new moon of July 15, 1931, a cycle of 29.39 days.