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The Moon on Thursday, June 16, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on June 16, 2011Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 June 2011377,186 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 16, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
377,186 km234,372 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 2011 is on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 20:14 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 21:03 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, June 15, 201120:14
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, June 23, 201111:49

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Thursday, June 16, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 1, 2011 to the new moon of July 1, 2011, a cycle of 29.49 days.