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The Moon on Thursday, June 21, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

16.8days

Moon phase on June 21, 1951Waning Gibbous

Thursday 21 June 1951360,485 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 21, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.0% of its visible face lit, 16.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.8 dMoon age
360,485 km223,995 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1951 is on Tuesday, June 19, 1951 at 12:36 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 4, 1951 at 07:48 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Thursday, June 21, 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.