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The Moon on Friday, June 8, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 33.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on June 8, 1962Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 June 1962400,994 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 8, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.6% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
400,994 km249,166 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 8, 1962 is on Monday, June 18, 1962 at 02:02 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 2, 1962 at 13:27 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 2, 196213:27
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 10, 196206:21

The Moon around June 8

More about this date

Friday, June 8, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 2, 1962 to the new moon of July 1, 1962, a cycle of 29.43 days.