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The Moon on Friday, June 2, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on June 2, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Friday 2 June 1944397,803 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 2, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.2% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
397,803 km247,183 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 1944 is on Tuesday, June 6, 1944 at 18:58 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 22, 1944 at 06:13 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 30, 194400:07
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 6, 194418:58

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Friday, June 2, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 22, 1944 to the new moon of June 20, 1944, a cycle of 29.45 days.