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The Moon on Friday, June 24, 1960: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

New Moon at

03:27UTC

Moon phase on June 24, 1960New Moon

Friday 24 June 1960406,629 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 24, 1960, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
406,629 km252,667 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1960 is on Friday, July 8, 1960 at 19:37 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 24, 1960 at 03:27 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, June 16, 196004:36
New Moon (this day)Friday, June 24, 196003:27
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 2, 196003:48

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Friday, June 24, 1960 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 24, 1960 to the new moon of July 23, 1960, a cycle of 29.63 days.