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The Moon on Thursday, June 30, 1955: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on June 30, 1955Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 30 June 1955404,249 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 30, 1955, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
404,249 km251,189 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 30, 1955 is on Tuesday, July 5, 1955 at 05:29 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 20, 1955 at 04:12 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 30

More about this date

Thursday, June 30, 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.