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The Moon on Tuesday, June 21, 1960: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on June 21, 1960Waning Crescent

Tuesday 21 June 1960403,737 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 21, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
403,737 km250,870 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1960 is on Thursday, June 9, 1960 at 13:02 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 24, 1960 at 03:27 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Tuesday, June 21, 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.