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The Moon on Saturday, June 4, 1949: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

First Quarter at

03:27UTC

Moon phase on June 4, 1949First Quarter

Saturday 4 June 1949370,101 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 4, 1949, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.2% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
370,101 km229,970 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 4, 1949 is on Friday, June 10, 1949 at 21:45 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 27, 1949 at 22:24 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 27, 194922:24
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, June 4, 194903:27
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 10, 194921:45

The Moon around June 4

More about this date

Saturday, June 4, 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.