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The Moon on Thursday, June 28, 1962: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on June 28, 1962Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 June 1962375,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 28, 1962, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.2% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
375,050 km233,045 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1962 is on Monday, June 18, 1962 at 02:02 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 1, 1962 at 23:52 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Thursday, June 28, 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.