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The Moon on Sunday, June 16, 1985: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on June 16, 1985Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 June 1985401,136 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 16, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
401,136 km249,254 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1985 is on Monday, June 3, 1985 at 03:51 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 18, 1985 at 11:58 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 10, 198508:19
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 18, 198511:58

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Sunday, June 16, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1985 to the new moon of June 18, 1985, a cycle of 29.59 days.