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The Moon on Sunday, June 16, 1968: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on June 16, 1968Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 June 1968386,081 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 16, 1968, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.9% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
386,081 km239,899 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1968 is on Monday, June 10, 1968 at 20:13 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 25, 1968 at 22:25 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, June 10, 196820:13
Last Quarter (after)Monday, June 17, 196818:14

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Sunday, June 16, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 1968 to the new moon of June 25, 1968, a cycle of 29.62 days.