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The Moon on Wednesday, June 15, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 29°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on June 15, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 June 2016405,014 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.4% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
405,014 km251,664 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 2016 is on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 11:02 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 03:00 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, June 12, 201608:10
Full Moon (after)Monday, June 20, 201611:02

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Wednesday, June 15, 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.