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The Moon on Tuesday, June 15, 1971: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on June 15, 1971Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 15 June 1971370,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 15, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.5% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
370,316 km230,104 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1971 is on Wednesday, June 9, 1971 at 00:04 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 22, 1971 at 21:57 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Tuesday, June 15, 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.