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The Moon on Thursday, June 2, 1938: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on June 2, 1938Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 June 1938365,538 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 2, 1938, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
365,538 km227,134 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 1938 is on Sunday, June 12, 1938 at 23:47 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 29, 1938 at 14:00 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 29, 193814:00
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 5, 193804:32

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Thursday, June 2, 1938 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 29, 1938 to the new moon of June 27, 1938, a cycle of 29.30 days.