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The Moon on Sunday, June 2, 1974: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on June 2, 1974Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 2 June 1974389,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 2, 1974, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.0% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
389,438 km241,985 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 1974 is on Tuesday, June 4, 1974 at 22:10 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 21, 1974 at 20:34 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 28, 197413:03
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, June 4, 197422:10

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Sunday, June 2, 1974 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 21, 1974 to the new moon of June 20, 1974, a cycle of 29.35 days.