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The Moon on Friday, June 24, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on June 24, 2016Waning Gibbous

Friday 24 June 2016381,274 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 24, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.2% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
381,274 km236,912 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 2016 is on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 11:02 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:01 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Friday, June 24, 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.