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The Moon on Saturday, June 3, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on June 3, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 3 June 1944393,873 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 3, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
393,873 km244,741 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1944 is on Tuesday, June 6, 1944 at 18:58 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 22, 1944 at 06:13 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Saturday, June 3, 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.