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The Moon on Sunday, June 3, 1951: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on June 3, 1951Waning Crescent

Sunday 3 June 1951404,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 3, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
404,336 km251,243 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1951 is on Monday, May 21, 1951 at 05:45 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 4, 1951 at 16:41 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Sunday, June 3, 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.