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The Moon on Sunday, June 16, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on June 16, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 16 June 2024401,745 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 16, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.1% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
401,745 km249,632 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (21°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 16, 2024 is on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 01:08 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 12:38 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 14, 202405:19
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 22, 202401:08

The Moon around June 16

More about this date

Sunday, June 16, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 6, 2024 to the new moon of July 5, 2024, a cycle of 29.43 days.