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The Moon on Sunday, June 28, 1959: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 44.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 12°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on June 28, 1959Waning Crescent

Sunday 28 June 1959399,379 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 28, 1959, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.5% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
399,379 km248,163 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1959 is on Saturday, June 20, 1959 at 20:00 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 6, 1959 at 02:01 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, June 27, 195922:12
New Moon (after)Monday, July 6, 195902:01

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Sunday, June 28, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 6, 1959 to the new moon of July 6, 1959, a cycle of 29.59 days.