Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°
Moon age
1.4days
Moon phase on June 6, 2016Waxing Crescent
On Monday, June 6, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.
2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
368,431 km228,933 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to June 6, 2016 is on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 11:02 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 03:00 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, June 5, 2016 | 03:00 |
| First Quarter (after) | Sunday, June 12, 2016 | 08:10 |
The Moon around June 6
More about this date
Monday, June 6, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 5, 2016 to the new moon of July 4, 2016, a cycle of 29.33 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in June 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.