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The Moon on Saturday, June 3, 1939: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on June 3, 1939Waning Gibbous

Saturday 3 June 1939395,309 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 3, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.0% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
395,309 km245,633 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1939 is on Friday, June 2, 1939 at 03:11 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 17, 1939 at 13:37 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, June 2, 193903:11
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, June 10, 193904:07

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Saturday, June 3, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1939 to the new moon of June 17, 1939, a cycle of 29.38 days.