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The Moon on Saturday, June 16, 1962: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

13.9days

Moon phase on June 16, 1962Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 16 June 1962387,551 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 16, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.0% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
387,551 km240,813 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1962 is on Monday, June 18, 1962 at 02:02 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 2, 1962 at 13:27 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, June 10, 196206:21
Full Moon (after)Monday, June 18, 196202:02

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Saturday, June 16, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 2, 1962 to the new moon of July 1, 1962, a cycle of 29.43 days.