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The Moon on Saturday, June 5, 1948: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on June 5, 1948Waning Crescent

Saturday 5 June 1948381,296 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 5, 1948, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.1% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
381,296 km236,926 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 1948 is on Sunday, May 23, 1948 at 00:37 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 7, 1948 at 12:56 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 30, 194822:43
New Moon (after)Monday, June 7, 194812:56

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Saturday, June 5, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 9, 1948 to the new moon of June 7, 1948, a cycle of 29.43 days.