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The Moon on Tuesday, June 16, 2020: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on June 16, 2020Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 June 2020403,328 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.2% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
403,328 km250,616 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 2020 is on Friday, June 5, 2020 at 19:12 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 06:42 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 13, 202006:24
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 21, 202006:42

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Tuesday, June 16, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 2020 to the new moon of June 21, 2020, a cycle of 29.54 days.