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The Moon on Tuesday, June 7, 1949: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on June 7, 1949Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 7 June 1949367,006 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 7, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.2% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
367,006 km228,047 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 7, 1949 is on Friday, June 10, 1949 at 21:45 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 1949 at 22:24 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 7

More about this date

Tuesday, June 7, 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.