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The Moon on Friday, June 17, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on June 17, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Friday 17 June 2016403,020 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 17, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.6% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
403,020 km250,425 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 2016 is on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 11:02 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 03:00 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Friday, June 17, 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.