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The Moon on Tuesday, June 28, 1960: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on June 28, 1960Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 28 June 1960400,495 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 28, 1960, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.5% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
400,495 km248,856 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1960 is on Friday, July 8, 1960 at 19:37 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 24, 1960 at 03:27 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Tuesday, June 28, 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.