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The Moon on Wednesday, June 30, 1971: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

First Quarter at

18:11UTC

Moon phase on June 30, 1971First Quarter

Wednesday 30 June 1971404,142 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, June 30, 1971, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.7% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
404,142 km251,122 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 30, 1971 is on Thursday, July 8, 1971 at 10:37 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 22, 1971 at 21:57 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 22, 197121:57
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, June 30, 197118:11
Full Moon (after)Thursday, July 8, 197110:37

The Moon around June 30

More about this date

Wednesday, June 30, 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.