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The Moon on Sunday, June 18, 1961: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 24.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on June 18, 1961Waxing Crescent

Sunday 18 June 1961404,987 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 18, 1961, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.0% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
404,987 km251,647 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 18, 1961 is on Wednesday, June 28, 1961 at 12:38 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 13, 1961 at 05:16 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 18

More about this date

Sunday, June 18, 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.