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The Moon on Saturday, June 15, 1996: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on June 15, 1996Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 June 1996400,825 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 15, 1996, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
400,825 km249,061 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1996 is on Saturday, June 1, 1996 at 20:47 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 16, 1996 at 01:36 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 8, 199611:06
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 16, 199601:36

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Saturday, June 15, 1996 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1996 to the new moon of June 16, 1996, a cycle of 29.58 days.