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The Moon on Sunday, June 28, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on June 28, 1953Waning Gibbous

Sunday 28 June 1953370,517 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 28, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
370,517 km230,229 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1953 is on Saturday, June 27, 1953 at 03:29 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, July 11, 1953 at 02:28 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, June 27, 195303:29
Last Quarter (after)Friday, July 3, 195322:03

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Sunday, June 28, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 11, 1953 to the new moon of July 11, 1953, a cycle of 29.48 days.