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The Moon on Wednesday, June 28, 1961: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Full Moon at

12:38UTC

Moon phase on June 28, 1961Full Moon

Wednesday 28 June 1961362,532 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 28, 1961, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
362,532 km225,267 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Strawberry Moon, 362,465 km from Earth. Supermoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1961 is on Wednesday, June 28, 1961 at 12:38 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 12, 1961 at 19:11 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 21, 196109:01
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, June 28, 196112:38
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 5, 196103:32

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Wednesday, June 28, 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.