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The Moon on Thursday, June 28, 1951: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on June 28, 1951Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 June 1951397,690 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 28, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.3% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
397,690 km247,113 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1951 is on Tuesday, June 19, 1951 at 12:36 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 4, 1951 at 07:48 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 26, 195106:22
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 4, 195107:48

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Thursday, June 28, 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.