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The Moon on Wednesday, June 20, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

15.8days

Moon phase on June 20, 1951Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 June 1951357,768 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 20, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 15.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.8 dMoon age
357,768 km222,306 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1951 is on Tuesday, June 19, 1951 at 12:36 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 4, 1951 at 07:48 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, June 19, 195112:36
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 26, 195106:22

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Wednesday, June 20, 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.