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The Moon on Saturday, June 18, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on June 18, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 18 June 2016400,794 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 18, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
400,794 km249,042 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 2016 is on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 11:02 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 03:00 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Saturday, June 18, 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.