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The Moon on Thursday, June 30, 2016: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on June 30, 2016Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 June 2016366,293 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 30, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.4% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
366,293 km227,604 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 30, 2016 is on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 11:02 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 4, 2016 at 11:01 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around June 30

More about this date

Thursday, June 30, 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.