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The Moon on Thursday, June 3, 1976: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on June 3, 1976Waxing Crescent

Thursday 3 June 1976380,627 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 3, 1976, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.5% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
380,627 km236,511 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1976 is on Saturday, June 12, 1976 at 04:15 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 29, 1976 at 01:47 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Thursday, June 3, 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.