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The Moon on Wednesday, June 16, 1982: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on June 16, 1982Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 June 1982376,736 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 16, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.8% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
376,736 km234,093 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1982 is on Sunday, June 6, 1982 at 16:00 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 21, 1982 at 11:52 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 14, 198218:06
New Moon (after)Monday, June 21, 198211:52

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Wednesday, June 16, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 1982 to the new moon of June 21, 1982, a cycle of 29.30 days.