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The Moon on Saturday, June 26, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on June 26, 1971Waxing Crescent

Saturday 26 June 1971395,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 26, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.5% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
395,559 km245,789 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 26, 1971 is on Thursday, July 8, 1971 at 10:37 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 22, 1971 at 21:57 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 26

More about this date

Saturday, June 26, 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.