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The Moon on Friday, June 22, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on June 22, 1951Waning Gibbous

Friday 22 June 1951364,756 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 22, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
364,756 km226,649 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1951 is on Tuesday, June 19, 1951 at 12:36 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 4, 1951 at 07:48 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Friday, June 22, 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.