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The Moon on Friday, June 15, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on June 15, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 June 1951370,899 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 15, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.9% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
370,899 km230,466 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1951 is on Tuesday, June 19, 1951 at 12:36 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 4, 1951 at 16:41 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 12, 195118:52
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 19, 195112:36

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Friday, June 15, 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.