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The Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 1957: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on July 9, 1957Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 9 July 1957390,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 9, 1957, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.0% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
390,785 km242,823 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1957 is on Thursday, July 11, 1957 at 22:50 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 27, 1957 at 20:54 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Tuesday, July 9, 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.