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The Moon on Wednesday, June 8, 1960: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on June 8, 1960Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 8 June 1960359,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 8, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
359,775 km223,554 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 1960 is on Thursday, June 9, 1960 at 13:02 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 25, 1960 at 12:26 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Wednesday, June 8, 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.