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The Moon on Friday, June 16, 1939: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on June 16, 1939Waning Crescent

Friday 16 June 1939371,129 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 16, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
371,129 km230,608 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1939 is on Friday, June 2, 1939 at 03:11 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 17, 1939 at 13:37 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 10, 193904:07
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 17, 193913:37

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Friday, June 16, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1939 to the new moon of June 17, 1939, a cycle of 29.38 days.