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The Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 2015: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

New Moon at

14:05UTC

Moon phase on June 16, 2015New Moon

Tuesday 16 June 2015381,991 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 16, 2015, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
381,991 km237,358 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 2015 is on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 16:19 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at 14:05 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 9, 201515:42
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, June 16, 201514:05
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 24, 201511:03

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Tuesday, June 16, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 18, 2015 to the new moon of June 16, 2015, a cycle of 29.41 days.