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The Moon on Tuesday, June 3, 1947: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Full Moon at

19:27UTC

Moon phase on June 3, 1947Full Moon

Tuesday 3 June 1947401,675 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 3, 1947, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 13.9 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.9 dMoon age
401,675 km249,589 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Strawberry Moon, 402,344 km from Earth. MicromoonPartial lunar eclipse

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1947 is on Tuesday, June 3, 1947 at 19:27 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 20, 1947 at 13:44 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 27, 194704:36
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, June 3, 194719:27
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 11, 194722:58

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Tuesday, June 3, 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.