Waxing · 45.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°
First Quarter at
23:06UTC
Moon phase on June 3, 2006First Quarter
On Saturday, June 3, 2006, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.8% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
45.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
403,859 km250,946 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to June 3, 2006 is on Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 18:03 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 05:26 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, May 27, 2006 | 05:26 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Saturday, June 3, 2006 | 23:06 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, June 11, 2006 | 18:03 |
The Moon around June 3
More about this date
Saturday, June 3, 2006 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 27, 2006 to the new moon of June 25, 2006, a cycle of 29.44 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in June 2006, or the whole moon calendar 2006.
- The same date one year apart: 2005 · 2007.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.