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The Moon on Thursday, June 8, 1961: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

24.8days

Moon phase on June 8, 1961Waning Crescent

Thursday 8 June 1961380,280 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 8, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 24.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.8 dMoon age
380,280 km236,295 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 1961 is on Tuesday, May 30, 1961 at 04:37 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 13, 1961 at 05:16 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Thursday, June 8, 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.