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The Moon on Monday, June 16, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on June 16, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 June 2008406,197 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 16, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
406,197 km252,399 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 2008 is on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at 17:31 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 19:23 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 10, 200815:04
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 18, 200817:31

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Monday, June 16, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 3, 2008 to the new moon of July 3, 2008, a cycle of 29.29 days.