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The Moon on Wednesday, June 5, 1957: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 52.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

First Quarter at

07:10UTC

Moon phase on June 5, 1957First Quarter

Wednesday 5 June 1957370,324 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 5, 1957, the Moon was a First Quarter: 52.4% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

52.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
370,324 km230,109 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1957 is on Wednesday, June 12, 1957 at 10:02 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 29, 1957 at 11:39 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, May 29, 195711:39
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, June 5, 195707:10
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 12, 195710:02

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Wednesday, June 5, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 29, 1957 to the new moon of June 27, 1957, a cycle of 29.39 days.