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The Moon on Sunday, June 6, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 11.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on June 6, 1943Waxing Crescent

Sunday 6 June 1943404,868 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 6, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
404,868 km251,573 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1943 is on Friday, June 18, 1943 at 05:14 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 2, 1943 at 22:33 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, June 2, 194322:33
First Quarter (after)Friday, June 11, 194302:35

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Sunday, June 6, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 2, 1943 to the new moon of July 2, 1943, a cycle of 29.59 days.