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The Moon on Saturday, June 16, 2001: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on June 16, 2001Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 June 2001391,711 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 16, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.7% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
391,711 km243,398 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 2001 is on Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at 01:39 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 21, 2001 at 11:58 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 14, 200103:28
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 21, 200111:58

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Saturday, June 16, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 2001 to the new moon of June 21, 2001, a cycle of 29.38 days.