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The Moon on Monday, June 6, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on June 6, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Monday 6 June 1949367,260 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 6, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.0% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
367,260 km228,205 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1949 is on Friday, June 10, 1949 at 21:45 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 1949 at 22:24 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, June 4, 194903:27
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 10, 194921:45

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Monday, June 6, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 1949 to the new moon of June 26, 1949, a cycle of 29.48 days.