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The Moon on Friday, June 8, 1951: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on June 8, 1951Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 June 1951404,167 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 8, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.7% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.7%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
404,167 km251,138 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 1951 is on Tuesday, June 19, 1951 at 12:36 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 4, 1951 at 16:41 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, June 4, 195116:41
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 12, 195118:52

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Friday, June 8, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 4, 1951 to the new moon of July 4, 1951, a cycle of 29.63 days.