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The Moon on Tuesday, June 22, 1971: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

New Moon at

21:57UTC

Moon phase on June 22, 1971New Moon

Tuesday 22 June 1971378,617 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 22, 1971, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
378,617 km235,262 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, June 16, 197101:24
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, June 22, 197121:57
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 30, 197118:11

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Tuesday, June 22, 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.