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The Moon on Tuesday, June 3, 1969: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on June 3, 1969Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 3 June 1969361,832 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 3, 1969, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.3% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
361,832 km224,832 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1969 is on Saturday, May 31, 1969 at 13:18 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 14, 1969 at 23:09 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 31, 196913:18
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, June 7, 196903:39

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Tuesday, June 3, 1969 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 16, 1969 to the new moon of June 14, 1969, a cycle of 29.61 days.