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The Moon on Thursday, June 16, 1966: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on June 16, 1966Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 June 1966384,028 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 16, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
384,028 km238,624 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1966 is on Friday, June 3, 1966 at 07:40 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 18, 1966 at 20:09 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 11, 196604:58
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 18, 196620:09

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Thursday, June 16, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 1966 to the new moon of June 18, 1966, a cycle of 29.44 days.