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The Moon on Saturday, June 9, 1956: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

30.0days

Moon phase on June 9, 1956Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 June 1956360,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 9, 1956, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
360,031 km223,713 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 9, 1956 is on Saturday, June 23, 1956 at 06:14 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 8, 1956 at 21:29 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, June 8, 195621:29
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 15, 195611:56

The Moon around June 9

More about this date

Saturday, June 9, 1956 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 8, 1956 to the new moon of July 8, 1956, a cycle of 29.30 days.