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The Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on June 2, 1942Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 2 June 1942364,444 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 2, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
364,444 km226,455 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 1942 is on Saturday, May 30, 1942 at 05:29 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 13, 1942 at 21:02 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 30, 194205:29
Last Quarter (after)Friday, June 5, 194221:26

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Tuesday, June 2, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 15, 1942 to the new moon of June 13, 1942, a cycle of 29.64 days.