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The Moon on Wednesday, June 16, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on June 16, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 June 1943367,960 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 16, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.7% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
367,960 km228,640 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1943 is on Friday, June 18, 1943 at 05:14 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 2, 1943 at 22:33 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 11, 194302:35
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 18, 194305:14

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Wednesday, June 16, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 2, 1943 to the new moon of July 2, 1943, a cycle of 29.59 days.