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The Moon on Wednesday, June 28, 1950: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on June 28, 1950Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 28 June 1950362,228 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 28, 1950, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
362,228 km225,078 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1950 is on Thursday, June 29, 1950 at 19:58 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 15, 1950 at 15:53 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 23, 195005:13
Full Moon (after)Thursday, June 29, 195019:58

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Wednesday, June 28, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 15, 1950 to the new moon of July 15, 1950, a cycle of 29.55 days.