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The Moon on Thursday, June 16, 1977: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

New Moon at

18:23UTC

Moon phase on June 16, 1977New Moon

Thursday 16 June 1977405,444 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 16, 1977, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
405,444 km251,931 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1977 is on Friday, July 1, 1977 at 03:24 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 16, 1977 at 18:23 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 8, 197715:07
New Moon (this day)Thursday, June 16, 197718:23
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 24, 197712:44

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Thursday, June 16, 1977 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 1977 to the new moon of June 16, 1977, a cycle of 29.65 days.