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The Moon on Wednesday, June 14, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on June 14, 1961Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 14 June 1961399,982 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 14, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
399,982 km248,537 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 14, 1961 is on Wednesday, June 28, 1961 at 12:38 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 13, 1961 at 05:16 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 13, 196105:16
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 21, 196109:01

The Moon around June 14

More about this date

Wednesday, June 14, 1961 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 13, 1961 to the new moon of July 12, 1961, a cycle of 29.58 days.