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The Moon on Thursday, June 5, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on June 5, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 5 June 1952377,987 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 5, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.4% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
377,987 km234,870 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1952 is on Sunday, June 8, 1952 at 05:07 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 23, 1952 at 19:28 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 31, 195221:47
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 8, 195205:07

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Thursday, June 5, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 1952 to the new moon of June 22, 1952, a cycle of 29.55 days.