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The Moon on Monday, June 6, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

15.6days

Moon phase on June 6, 1955Waning Gibbous

Monday 6 June 1955405,613 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 6, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 15.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
15.6 dMoon age
405,613 km252,036 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1955 is on Sunday, June 5, 1955 at 14:09 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 20, 1955 at 04:12 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, June 5, 195514:09
Last Quarter (after)Monday, June 13, 195512:37

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Monday, June 6, 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.