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The Moon on Sunday, June 9, 1946: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 76.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on June 9, 1946Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 9 June 1946401,197 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 9, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.8% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
401,197 km249,292 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 9, 1946 is on Friday, June 14, 1946 at 18:42 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 30, 1946 at 20:49 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, June 6, 194616:07
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 14, 194618:42

The Moon around June 9

More about this date

Sunday, June 9, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 30, 1946 to the new moon of June 29, 1946, a cycle of 29.30 days.