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The Moon on Sunday, June 6, 1954: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 31.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on June 6, 1954Waxing Crescent

Sunday 6 June 1954390,111 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 6, 1954, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.7% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
390,111 km242,404 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1954 is on Wednesday, June 16, 1954 at 12:06 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 1, 1954 at 04:03 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 1, 195404:03
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 8, 195409:14

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Sunday, June 6, 1954 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 1, 1954 to the new moon of June 30, 1954, a cycle of 29.35 days.