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The Moon on Friday, June 16, 1944: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on June 16, 1944Waning Crescent

Friday 16 June 1944374,421 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 16, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.0% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
374,421 km232,655 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1944 is on Tuesday, June 6, 1944 at 18:58 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 20, 1944 at 17:00 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 13, 194415:56
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 20, 194417:00

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Friday, June 16, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 1944 to the new moon of June 20, 1944, a cycle of 29.45 days.