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The Moon on Wednesday, June 28, 1944: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

First Quarter at

17:27UTC

Moon phase on June 28, 1944First Quarter

Wednesday 28 June 1944403,087 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 28, 1944, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.0% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
403,087 km250,467 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 28, 1944 is on Thursday, July 6, 1944 at 04:27 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 20, 1944 at 17:00 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 20, 194417:00
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, June 28, 194417:27
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 6, 194404:27

The Moon around June 28

More about this date

Wednesday, June 28, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 20, 1944 to the new moon of July 20, 1944, a cycle of 29.53 days.