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The Moon on Wednesday, June 6, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on June 6, 1917Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 6 June 1917369,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 6, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
369,334 km229,494 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1917 is on Tuesday, June 5, 1917 at 13:06 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 19, 1917 at 13:02 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, June 5, 191713:06
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 12, 191706:38

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Wednesday, June 6, 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.