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The Moon on Saturday, June 2, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on June 2, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 2 June 1917386,731 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 2, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.1% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
386,731 km240,304 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 1917 is on Tuesday, June 5, 1917 at 13:06 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 21, 1917 at 00:47 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, May 28, 191723:33
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 5, 191713:06

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Saturday, June 2, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 21, 1917 to the new moon of June 19, 1917, a cycle of 29.51 days.