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The Moon on Sunday, June 16, 2013: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

First Quarter at

17:24UTC

Moon phase on June 16, 2013First Quarter

Sunday 16 June 2013388,261 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 16, 2013, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.8% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
388,261 km241,254 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 2013 is on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 11:32 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 15:57 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 8, 201315:57
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, June 16, 201317:24
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 23, 201311:32

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Sunday, June 16, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 8, 2013 to the new moon of July 8, 2013, a cycle of 29.64 days.