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The Moon on Monday, June 16, 1986: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 60.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on June 16, 1986Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 June 1986376,254 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 16, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.9% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
376,254 km233,793 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1986 is on Sunday, June 22, 1986 at 03:42 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 7, 1986 at 14:01 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, June 15, 198612:00
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 22, 198603:42

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Monday, June 16, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 7, 1986 to the new moon of July 7, 1986, a cycle of 29.62 days.