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The Moon on Saturday, June 2, 1951: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on June 2, 1951Waning Crescent

Saturday 2 June 1951402,335 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 2, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
402,335 km249,999 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 1951 is on Monday, May 21, 1951 at 05:45 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 4, 1951 at 16:41 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 27, 195120:17
New Moon (after)Monday, June 4, 195116:41

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Saturday, June 2, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1951 to the new moon of June 4, 1951, a cycle of 29.63 days.