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The Moon on Wednesday, June 22, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on June 22, 2016Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 22 June 2016388,065 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 22, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.6% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
388,065 km241,132 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 2016 is on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 11:02 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:01 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, June 20, 201611:02
Last Quarter (after)Monday, June 27, 201618:19

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Wednesday, June 22, 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.