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The Moon on Wednesday, June 17, 1970: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on June 17, 1970Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 17 June 1970375,369 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 17, 1970, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
375,369 km233,243 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1970 is on Friday, June 19, 1970 at 12:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, June 4, 1970 at 02:21 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Wednesday, June 17, 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.