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The Moon on Saturday, June 12, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on June 12, 1971Waning Gibbous

Saturday 12 June 1971375,521 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 12, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.2% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
375,521 km233,338 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 12, 1971 is on Wednesday, June 9, 1971 at 00:04 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 22, 1971 at 21:57 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, June 9, 197100:04
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 16, 197101:24

The Moon around June 12

More about this date

Saturday, June 12, 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.