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The Moon on Wednesday, June 16, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on June 16, 2010Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 16 June 2010366,328 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 16, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.8% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
366,328 km227,626 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 2010 is on Saturday, June 26, 2010 at 11:31 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 11:15 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 12, 201011:15
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 19, 201004:30

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 12, 2010 to the new moon of July 11, 2010, a cycle of 29.35 days.