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The Moon on Thursday, June 9, 1955: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on June 9, 1955Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 June 1955399,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 9, 1955, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.7% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
399,779 km248,411 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 9, 1955 is on Sunday, June 5, 1955 at 14:09 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 20, 1955 at 04:12 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around June 9

More about this date

Thursday, June 9, 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.