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The Moon on Thursday, June 21, 1962: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

18.9days

Moon phase on June 21, 1962Waning Gibbous

Thursday 21 June 1962371,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 21, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.1% of its visible face lit, 18.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.9 dMoon age
371,132 km230,610 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 21, 1962 is on Monday, June 18, 1962 at 02:02 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 1, 1962 at 23:52 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, June 18, 196202:02
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 24, 196223:43

The Moon around June 21

More about this date

Thursday, June 21, 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.