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The Moon on Tuesday, June 1, 1971: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

First Quarter at

00:42UTC

Moon phase on June 1, 1971First Quarter

Tuesday 1 June 1971403,622 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 1, 1971, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.6% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
403,622 km250,799 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 1, 1971 is on Wednesday, June 9, 1971 at 00:04 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 24, 1971 at 12:32 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, May 24, 197112:32
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, June 1, 197100:42
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 9, 197100:04

The Moon around June 1

More about this date

Tuesday, June 1, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 24, 1971 to the new moon of June 22, 1971, a cycle of 29.39 days.