Waning · 98.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°
Moon age
16.4days
Moon phase on June 21, 2016Waning Gibbous
On Tuesday, June 21, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
391,501 km243,267 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to June 21, 2016 is on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 11:02 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:01 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Monday, June 20, 2016 | 11:02 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Monday, June 27, 2016 | 18:19 |
The Moon around June 21
More about this date
Tuesday, June 21, 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.