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The Moon on Monday, June 20, 1960: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on June 20, 1960Waning Crescent

Monday 20 June 1960401,333 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 20, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
401,333 km249,377 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1960 is on Thursday, June 9, 1960 at 13:02 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 24, 1960 at 03:27 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 16, 196004:36
New Moon (after)Friday, June 24, 196003:27

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Monday, June 20, 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.