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The Moon on Sunday, July 6, 1952: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on July 6, 1952Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 6 July 1952362,070 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 6, 1952, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
362,070 km224,980 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1952 is on Monday, July 7, 1952 at 12:33 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 22, 1952 at 08:45 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, June 30, 195213:12
Full Moon (after)Monday, July 7, 195212:33

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Sunday, July 6, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 22, 1952 to the new moon of July 21, 1952, a cycle of 29.61 days.