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The Moon on Monday, June 3, 1946: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on June 3, 1946Waxing Crescent

Monday 3 June 1946369,993 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 3, 1946, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.2% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
369,993 km229,903 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1946 is on Friday, June 14, 1946 at 18:42 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 30, 1946 at 20:49 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 30, 194620:49
First Quarter (after)Thursday, June 6, 194616:07

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Monday, June 3, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 30, 1946 to the new moon of June 29, 1946, a cycle of 29.30 days.