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The Moon on Wednesday, June 3, 1970: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on June 3, 1970Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 June 1970388,701 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 3, 1970, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
388,701 km241,528 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1970 is on Thursday, May 21, 1970 at 03:38 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 4, 1970 at 02:21 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, May 27, 197022:32
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 4, 197002:21

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Wednesday, June 3, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 5, 1970 to the new moon of June 4, 1970, a cycle of 29.48 days.