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The Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 2009: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on June 16, 2009Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 June 2009389,139 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 16, 2009, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.3% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
389,139 km241,799 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 2009 is on Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 18:12 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 19:35 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 15, 200922:15
New Moon (after)Monday, June 22, 200919:35

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Tuesday, June 16, 2009 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 2009 to the new moon of June 22, 2009, a cycle of 29.31 days.