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The Moon on Sunday, June 4, 1961: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 65.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on June 4, 1961Waning Gibbous

Sunday 4 June 1961368,175 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 4, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.8% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
368,175 km228,773 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 4, 1961 is on Tuesday, May 30, 1961 at 04:37 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 13, 1961 at 05:16 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, May 30, 196104:37
Last Quarter (after)Monday, June 5, 196121:19

The Moon around June 4

More about this date

Sunday, June 4, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 14, 1961 to the new moon of June 13, 1961, a cycle of 29.52 days.