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The Moon on Thursday, June 16, 1938: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on June 16, 1938Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 June 1938404,954 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 16, 1938, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.2% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
404,954 km251,627 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1938 is on Sunday, June 12, 1938 at 23:47 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 27, 1938 at 21:10 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, June 12, 193823:47
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 21, 193801:52

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Thursday, June 16, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 29, 1938 to the new moon of June 27, 1938, a cycle of 29.30 days.