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The Moon on Wednesday, June 9, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on June 9, 1948Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 9 June 1948367,041 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 9, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.3% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
367,041 km228,069 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 9, 1948 is on Monday, June 21, 1948 at 12:54 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 7, 1948 at 12:56 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, June 7, 194812:56
First Quarter (after)Monday, June 14, 194805:40

The Moon around June 9

More about this date

Wednesday, June 9, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 7, 1948 to the new moon of July 6, 1948, a cycle of 29.34 days.