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The Moon on Sunday, June 6, 1971: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on June 6, 1971Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 6 June 1971396,434 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 6, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.4% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
396,434 km246,332 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1971 is on Wednesday, June 9, 1971 at 00:04 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 24, 1971 at 12:32 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 1, 197100:42
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, June 9, 197100:04

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Sunday, June 6, 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.