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The Moon on Wednesday, June 1, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on June 1, 1960Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 1 June 1960397,236 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 1, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.6% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
397,236 km246,831 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 1, 1960 is on Thursday, June 9, 1960 at 13:02 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 25, 1960 at 12:26 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 25, 196012:26
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 2, 196016:01

The Moon around June 1

More about this date

Wednesday, June 1, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 25, 1960 to the new moon of June 24, 1960, a cycle of 29.63 days.