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The Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on June 16, 1942Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 June 1942404,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 16, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
404,132 km251,116 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1942 is on Sunday, June 28, 1942 at 12:09 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 13, 1942 at 21:02 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 13, 194221:02
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 21, 194220:45

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Tuesday, June 16, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 13, 1942 to the new moon of July 13, 1942, a cycle of 29.63 days.