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The Moon on Saturday, June 2, 1962: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

New Moon at

13:27UTC

Moon phase on June 2, 1962New Moon

Saturday 2 June 1962375,314 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 2, 1962, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
375,314 km233,209 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, May 26, 196219:05
New Moon (this day)Saturday, June 2, 196213:27
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 10, 196206:21

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Saturday, June 2, 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.