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The Moon on Friday, June 3, 1949: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on June 3, 1949Waxing Crescent

Friday 3 June 1949372,335 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 3, 1949, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
372,335 km231,358 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1949 is on Friday, June 10, 1949 at 21:45 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 1949 at 22:24 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 27, 194922:24
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 4, 194903:27

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Friday, June 3, 1949 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 1949 to the new moon of June 26, 1949, a cycle of 29.48 days.