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The Moon on Thursday, June 17, 1971: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on June 17, 1971Waning Crescent

Thursday 17 June 1971369,313 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 17, 1971, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.8% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
369,313 km229,481 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1971 is on Wednesday, June 9, 1971 at 00:04 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 22, 1971 at 21:57 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 16, 197101:24
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 22, 197121:57

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Thursday, June 17, 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.