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The Moon on Sunday, June 3, 1962: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 24°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on June 3, 1962Waxing Crescent

Sunday 3 June 1962379,461 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 3, 1962, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
379,461 km235,786 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1962 is on Monday, June 18, 1962 at 02:02 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 2, 1962 at 13:27 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 2, 196213:27
First Quarter (after)Sunday, June 10, 196206:21

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Sunday, June 3, 1962 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 2, 1962 to the new moon of July 1, 1962, a cycle of 29.43 days.