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The Moon on Sunday, June 12, 1960: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on June 12, 1960Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 June 1960362,710 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 12, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.2% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
362,710 km225,377 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1960 is on Thursday, June 9, 1960 at 13:02 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 24, 1960 at 03:27 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, June 9, 196013:02
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, June 16, 196004:36

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Sunday, June 12, 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.