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The Moon on Friday, June 2, 1972: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 74.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on June 2, 1972Waning Gibbous

Friday 2 June 1972387,330 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 2, 1972, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.6% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
387,330 km240,676 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 2, 1972 is on Sunday, May 28, 1972 at 04:28 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 11, 1972 at 11:30 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, May 28, 197204:28
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, June 4, 197221:22

The Moon around June 2

More about this date

Friday, June 2, 1972 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 13, 1972 to the new moon of June 11, 1972, a cycle of 29.31 days.