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The Moon on Saturday, June 23, 1951: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on June 23, 1951Waning Gibbous

Saturday 23 June 1951370,136 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 23, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.5% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
370,136 km229,992 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1951 is on Tuesday, June 19, 1951 at 12:36 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 4, 1951 at 07:48 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Saturday, June 23, 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.