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The Moon on Friday, June 16, 2023: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on June 16, 2023Waning Crescent

Friday 16 June 2023391,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 16, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
391,367 km243,184 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 2023 is on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 03:42 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 18, 2023 at 04:37 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 10, 202319:31
New Moon (after)Sunday, June 18, 202304:37

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Friday, June 16, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 2023 to the new moon of June 18, 2023, a cycle of 29.53 days.