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The Moon on Wednesday, June 2, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on June 2, 1976Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 2 June 1976384,392 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 2, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.4% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
384,392 km238,850 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 1976 is on Saturday, June 12, 1976 at 04:15 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 29, 1976 at 01:47 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 29, 197601:47
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 5, 197612:20

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Wednesday, June 2, 1976 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 29, 1976 to the new moon of June 27, 1976, a cycle of 29.54 days.