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The Moon on Tuesday, June 28, 2016: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on June 28, 2016Waning Crescent

Tuesday 28 June 2016369,516 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 28, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.7% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
369,516 km229,606 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 2016 is on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 11:02 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:01 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 27, 201618:19
New Moon (after)Monday, July 4, 201611:01

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Tuesday, June 28, 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.