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The Moon on Thursday, June 16, 1949: Waning Gibbous, 69% lit

Waning · 69.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on June 16, 1949Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 June 1949399,171 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 16, 1949, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 69.0% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

69.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
399,171 km248,033 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1949 is on Friday, June 10, 1949 at 21:45 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 26, 1949 at 10:02 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, June 10, 194921:45
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, June 18, 194912:29

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Thursday, June 16, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 1949 to the new moon of June 26, 1949, a cycle of 29.48 days.