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The Moon on Thursday, June 16, 2022: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on June 16, 2022Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 June 2022359,608 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 16, 2022, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
359,608 km223,450 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 2022 is on Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 11:52 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 02:52 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, June 14, 202211:52
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 21, 202203:11

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Thursday, June 16, 2022 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 30, 2022 to the new moon of June 29, 2022, a cycle of 29.64 days.