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The Moon on Tuesday, June 6, 1961: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on June 6, 1961Waning Crescent

Tuesday 6 June 1961373,675 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 6, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.2% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
373,675 km232,191 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1961 is on Tuesday, May 30, 1961 at 04:37 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 13, 1961 at 05:16 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 5, 196121:19
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 13, 196105:16

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Tuesday, June 6, 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.