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The Moon on Saturday, June 16, 1945: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on June 16, 1945Waxing Crescent

Saturday 16 June 1945398,249 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 16, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.6% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
398,249 km247,461 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1945 is on Monday, June 25, 1945 at 15:08 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 10, 1945 at 04:26 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 10, 194504:26
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 17, 194514:06

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Saturday, June 16, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 10, 1945 to the new moon of July 9, 1945, a cycle of 29.38 days.