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The Moon on Tuesday, June 29, 1971: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 38.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on June 29, 1971Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 29 June 1971403,666 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, June 29, 1971, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.3% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
403,666 km250,826 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 1971 is on Thursday, July 8, 1971 at 10:37 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 22, 1971 at 21:57 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Tuesday, June 29, 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.