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The Moon on Saturday, June 3, 1950: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on June 3, 1950Waning Gibbous

Saturday 3 June 1950370,541 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 3, 1950, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.6% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
370,541 km230,243 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1950 is on Wednesday, May 31, 1950 at 12:43 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 15, 1950 at 15:53 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, May 31, 195012:43
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 7, 195011:35

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Saturday, June 3, 1950 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 17, 1950 to the new moon of June 15, 1950, a cycle of 29.62 days.