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The Moon on Sunday, June 26, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on June 26, 1960Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 June 1960405,078 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 26, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
405,078 km251,704 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1960 is on Friday, July 8, 1960 at 19:37 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 24, 1960 at 03:27 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, June 24, 196003:27
First Quarter (after)Saturday, July 2, 196003:48

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Sunday, June 26, 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.