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The Moon on Sunday, June 5, 1938: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

First Quarter at

04:32UTC

Moon phase on June 5, 1938First Quarter

Sunday 5 June 1938380,102 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 5, 1938, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
380,102 km236,185 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1938 is on Sunday, June 12, 1938 at 23:47 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 29, 1938 at 14:00 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 29, 193814:00
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, June 5, 193804:32
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 12, 193823:47

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Sunday, June 5, 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.