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The Moon on Friday, June 3, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on June 3, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 June 1955405,350 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 3, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.1% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
405,350 km251,873 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1955 is on Sunday, June 5, 1955 at 14:09 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 21, 1955 at 20:59 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 28, 195514:01
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 5, 195514:09

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Friday, June 3, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 21, 1955 to the new moon of June 20, 1955, a cycle of 29.30 days.