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The Moon on Monday, June 16, 1997: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on June 16, 1997Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 June 1997393,260 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 16, 1997, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.0% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
393,260 km244,360 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 1997 is on Friday, June 20, 1997 at 19:09 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 07:04 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 13, 199704:52
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 20, 199719:09

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Monday, June 16, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 5, 1997 to the new moon of July 4, 1997, a cycle of 29.48 days.