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The Moon on Wednesday, June 4, 1947: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on June 4, 1947Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 4 June 1947403,648 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 4, 1947, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
403,648 km250,815 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 4, 1947 is on Tuesday, June 3, 1947 at 19:27 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, June 18, 1947 at 21:26 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, June 3, 194719:27
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 11, 194722:58

The Moon around June 4

More about this date

Wednesday, June 4, 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.