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The Moon on Friday, June 3, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 58.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on June 3, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 June 1960386,889 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 3, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.6% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
386,889 km240,402 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1960 is on Thursday, June 9, 1960 at 13:02 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 25, 1960 at 12:26 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, June 2, 196016:01
Full Moon (after)Thursday, June 9, 196013:02

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Friday, June 3, 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.