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The Moon on Saturday, June 23, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on June 23, 1928Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 June 1928389,748 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 23, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
389,748 km242,178 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1928 is on Tuesday, July 3, 1928 at 02:49 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 17, 1928 at 20:42 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 17, 192820:42
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 24, 192822:47

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Saturday, June 23, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 17, 1928 to the new moon of July 17, 1928, a cycle of 29.33 days.