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The Moon on Friday, June 16, 2006: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on June 16, 2006Waning Gibbous

Friday 16 June 2006368,925 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 16, 2006, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.3% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
368,925 km229,239 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 2006 is on Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 18:03 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 25, 2006 at 16:05 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, June 11, 200618:03
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 18, 200614:08

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Friday, June 16, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 2006 to the new moon of June 25, 2006, a cycle of 29.44 days.