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The Moon on Sunday, June 1, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on June 1, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 1 June 1947396,319 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 1, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.0% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
396,319 km246,261 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 1, 1947 is on Tuesday, June 3, 1947 at 19:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 20, 1947 at 13:44 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 27, 194704:36
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 3, 194719:27

The Moon around June 1

More about this date

Sunday, June 1, 1947 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 1947 to the new moon of June 18, 1947, a cycle of 29.32 days.