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The Moon on Thursday, June 6, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on June 6, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 6 June 1957371,903 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 6, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.7% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
371,903 km231,090 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1957 is on Wednesday, June 12, 1957 at 10:02 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, May 29, 1957 at 11:39 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 5, 195707:10
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 12, 195710:02

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Thursday, June 6, 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.