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The Moon on Thursday, June 2, 1966: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on June 2, 1966Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 2 June 1966380,000 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 2, 1966, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
380,000 km236,121 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 1966 is on Friday, June 3, 1966 at 07:40 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 20, 1966 at 09:42 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 27, 196608:50
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 3, 196607:40

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Thursday, June 2, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 20, 1966 to the new moon of June 18, 1966, a cycle of 29.44 days.