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The Moon on Thursday, June 23, 1960: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on June 23, 1960Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 June 1960406,358 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 23, 1960, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
406,358 km252,499 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1960 is on Thursday, June 9, 1960 at 13:02 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 24, 1960 at 03:27 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Thursday, June 23, 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.