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The Moon on Saturday, June 6, 1942: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

22.3days

Moon phase on June 6, 1942Waning Crescent

Saturday 6 June 1942386,799 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 6, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.8% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
386,799 km240,346 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1942 is on Saturday, May 30, 1942 at 05:29 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 13, 1942 at 21:02 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, June 5, 194221:26
New Moon (after)Saturday, June 13, 194221:02

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Saturday, June 6, 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.