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The Moon on Tuesday, June 28, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on June 28, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 28 June 1955398,643 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 28, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.1% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
398,643 km247,705 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1955 is on Tuesday, July 5, 1955 at 05:29 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 20, 1955 at 04:12 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, June 27, 195501:44
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 5, 195505:29

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Tuesday, June 28, 1955 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 20, 1955 to the new moon of July 19, 1955, a cycle of 29.31 days.