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The Moon on Wednesday, June 27, 1962: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on June 27, 1962Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 June 1962372,926 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 27, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.9% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
372,926 km231,726 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 27, 1962 is on Monday, June 18, 1962 at 02:02 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 1, 1962 at 23:52 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, June 24, 196223:43
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 1, 196223:52

The Moon around June 27

More about this date

Wednesday, June 27, 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.