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The Moon on Wednesday, June 22, 1960: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on June 22, 1960Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 June 1960405,400 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 22, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
405,400 km251,904 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1960 is on Thursday, June 9, 1960 at 13:02 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 24, 1960 at 03:27 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Wednesday, June 22, 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.