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The Moon on Saturday, July 6, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on July 6, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 6 July 1957379,940 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 6, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.5% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
379,940 km236,084 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 1957 is on Thursday, July 11, 1957 at 22:50 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 27, 1957 at 20:54 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, July 4, 195712:09
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 11, 195722:50

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Saturday, July 6, 1957 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 27, 1957 to the new moon of July 27, 1957, a cycle of 29.32 days.