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The Moon on Monday, June 12, 1961: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on June 12, 1961Waning Crescent

Monday 12 June 1961393,941 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 12, 1961, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
393,941 km244,784 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1961 is on Tuesday, May 30, 1961 at 04:37 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 13, 1961 at 05:16 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Monday, June 12, 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.