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The Moon on Thursday, June 6, 1929: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on June 6, 1929Waning Crescent

Thursday 6 June 1929360,375 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 6, 1929, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
360,375 km223,927 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1929 is on Thursday, May 23, 1929 at 12:50 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, June 7, 1929 at 13:56 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 31, 192916:13
New Moon (after)Friday, June 7, 192913:56

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Thursday, June 6, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 1929 to the new moon of June 7, 1929, a cycle of 29.33 days.