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The Moon on Thursday, June 24, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 21°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on June 24, 1971Waxing Crescent

Thursday 24 June 1971386,939 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 24, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
386,939 km240,432 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 24, 1971 is on Thursday, July 8, 1971 at 10:37 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 22, 1971 at 21:57 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 22, 197121:57
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, June 30, 197118:11

The Moon around June 24

More about this date

Thursday, June 24, 1971 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 22, 1971 to the new moon of July 22, 1971, a cycle of 29.47 days.