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The Moon on Tuesday, June 3, 1997: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on June 3, 1997Waning Crescent

Tuesday 3 June 1997377,343 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 3, 1997, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
377,343 km234,470 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 3, 1997 is on Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 09:13 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 5, 1997 at 07:04 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 29, 199707:51
New Moon (after)Thursday, June 5, 199707:04

The Moon around June 3

More about this date

Tuesday, June 3, 1997 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 6, 1997 to the new moon of June 5, 1997, a cycle of 29.43 days.