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The Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 1953: Waning Gibbous, 64% lit

Waning · 64.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on June 3, 1953Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 3 June 1953370,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 3, 1953, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.1% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
370,696 km230,340 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1953 is on Thursday, May 28, 1953 at 17:03 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 11, 1953 at 14:55 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Wednesday, June 3, 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.