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The Moon on Wednesday, June 16, 1976: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on June 16, 1976Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 16 June 1976388,937 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 16, 1976, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
388,937 km241,674 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1976 is on Saturday, June 12, 1976 at 04:15 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 27, 1976 at 14:50 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, June 12, 197604:15
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, June 19, 197613:16

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Wednesday, June 16, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 29, 1976 to the new moon of June 27, 1976, a cycle of 29.54 days.