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The Moon on Monday, June 2, 1947: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on June 2, 1947Waxing Gibbous

Monday 2 June 1947399,212 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 2, 1947, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
399,212 km248,058 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Monday, June 2, 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.