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The Moon on Saturday, June 10, 1961: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 17°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on June 10, 1961Waning Crescent

Saturday 10 June 1961387,169 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 10, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.9% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
387,169 km240,575 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 10, 1961 is on Tuesday, May 30, 1961 at 04:37 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 13, 1961 at 05:16 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around June 10

More about this date

Saturday, June 10, 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.