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The Moon on Saturday, June 1, 1968: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on June 1, 1968Waxing Crescent

Saturday 1 June 1968394,340 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 1, 1968, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.6% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
394,340 km245,031 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 1, 1968 is on Monday, June 10, 1968 at 20:13 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 27, 1968 at 07:30 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 27, 196807:30
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 4, 196804:47

The Moon around June 1

More about this date

Saturday, June 1, 1968 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 1968 to the new moon of June 25, 1968, a cycle of 29.62 days.