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The Moon on Thursday, June 16, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on June 16, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 June 2005390,167 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 16, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.4% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
390,167 km242,439 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (12°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 2005 is on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 04:14 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 6, 2005 at 21:55 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 15, 200501:22
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 22, 200504:14

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Thursday, June 16, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 6, 2005 to the new moon of July 6, 2005, a cycle of 29.59 days.