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The Moon on Wednesday, June 16, 1971: Last Quarter, 45% lit

Waning · 45.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Last Quarter at

01:24UTC

Moon phase on June 16, 1971Last Quarter

Wednesday 16 June 1971369,548 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 16, 1971, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.0% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
369,548 km229,626 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1971 is on Wednesday, June 9, 1971 at 00:04 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 22, 1971 at 21:57 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, June 9, 197100:04
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, June 16, 197101:24
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 22, 197121:57

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Wednesday, June 16, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 1971 to the new moon of June 22, 1971, a cycle of 29.39 days.