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The Moon on Sunday, June 7, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on June 7, 1959Waxing Crescent

Sunday 7 June 1959402,825 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 7, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
402,825 km250,304 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 7, 1959 is on Saturday, June 20, 1959 at 20:00 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 6, 1959 at 11:54 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 6, 195911:54
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 14, 195905:23

The Moon around June 7

More about this date

Sunday, June 7, 1959 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 6, 1959 to the new moon of July 6, 1959, a cycle of 29.59 days.