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The Moon on Monday, June 15, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on June 15, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 June 1970386,437 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 15, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.9% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
386,437 km240,121 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1970 is on Friday, June 19, 1970 at 12:27 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 4, 1970 at 02:21 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, June 12, 197004:07
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 19, 197012:27

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Monday, June 15, 1970 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 4, 1970 to the new moon of July 3, 1970, a cycle of 29.54 days.