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The Moon on Monday, June 1, 1959: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on June 1, 1959Waning Crescent

Monday 1 June 1959402,852 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 1, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.0% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
402,852 km250,321 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 1, 1959 is on Friday, May 22, 1959 at 12:56 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 6, 1959 at 11:54 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 29, 195908:14
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 6, 195911:54

The Moon around June 1

More about this date

Monday, June 1, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 7, 1959 to the new moon of June 6, 1959, a cycle of 29.65 days.