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The Moon on Wednesday, June 9, 1971: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Full Moon at

00:04UTC

Moon phase on June 9, 1971Full Moon

Wednesday 9 June 1971384,981 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 9, 1971, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
384,981 km239,216 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Strawberry Moon, 386,865 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 9, 1971 is on Wednesday, June 9, 1971 at 00:04 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 22, 1971 at 21:57 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 1, 197100:42
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, June 9, 197100:04
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 16, 197101:24

The Moon around June 9

More about this date

Wednesday, June 9, 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.