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The Moon on Friday, June 1, 1962: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 26°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on June 1, 1962Waning Crescent

Friday 1 June 1962371,952 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 1, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
371,952 km231,120 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 1, 1962 is on Saturday, May 19, 1962 at 14:32 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 2, 1962 at 13:27 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 26, 196219:05
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 2, 196213:27

The Moon around June 1

More about this date

Friday, June 1, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 4, 1962 to the new moon of June 2, 1962, a cycle of 29.38 days.