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The Moon on Thursday, June 17, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

14.6days

Moon phase on June 17, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 June 1943363,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 17, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 14.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.6 dMoon age
363,788 km226,047 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1943 is on Friday, June 18, 1943 at 05:14 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 2, 1943 at 22:33 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 11, 194302:35
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 18, 194305:14

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Thursday, June 17, 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.