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The Moon on Tuesday, June 2, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 74.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on June 2, 1953Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 2 June 1953372,009 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 2, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.6% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
372,009 km231,156 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 1953 is on Thursday, May 28, 1953 at 17:03 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 11, 1953 at 14:55 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 28, 195317:03
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, June 4, 195317:36

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Tuesday, June 2, 1953 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 1953 to the new moon of June 11, 1953, a cycle of 29.41 days.