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The Moon on Thursday, June 11, 1959: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on June 11, 1959Waxing Crescent

Thursday 11 June 1959390,211 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 11, 1959, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.8% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
390,211 km242,466 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 11, 1959 is on Saturday, June 20, 1959 at 20:00 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 6, 1959 at 11:54 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 11

More about this date

Thursday, June 11, 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.